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  • 19th century warehouse in Old Town Alexandria now a Christmas boutique shop.  Three qwuarter view from across the street, showing old painted signs on the brick and shiny new Christmas Attic sign below.
    Rising seas, Old Town Alexandria, VA
  • Old Newari carved wooden residence still occupied; laundry and bedding hang in its colonnade..
    old-house-Kathmandu-NPL200110-1-35.jpg
  • Street facade of the Earlsfield Bookshop, a tiny place with a curving bay window.  It is tucked into a corner of the railway station.  British Rail, (logo visible at left) owns the structure, which is expected to disappear when the old Earlsfield station is updated and modernized,
    Small-old-bookshop-London-ENG201012-...jpg
  • New polished wood door with shiny brass fittings, fitted into the arched entrance of  an old stone and brick house in Florence.  Shiny new apartment buzzer plate on the door jamb, with new drain pipes alongside.
    Florence-streetscape-old-new-ITA2010...jpg
  • Portrait of a young girl, about 12 years old, wearing a block printed dress made by her father's studio.
    Portrait pre-teen Gujarati girl-IND2...jpg
  • Rooftop view across part of the old section of Fez toward a newer section.  New concrete and cinder block structures sit atop ancient mud brick.  Everywhere growing radio and television antennae, and even a satellite dish.  Here and there laundry hung up.  One square minaret trimmed in green towers over all.
    Fes_rooftops_MOR200411_0543.jpg
  • Head shot portrait of a young girl about 5 years old, very blonde, hands to her face, thinking hard.
    Young girl thinking PO201101--0022.jpg
  • Sharp shadow partly covers an old but occupied house in Ayvalik, Turkey.  Bicyclist passes doorway with a newish mailbox.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-24.jpg
  • View of part of Old Town Square and City Hall with the restored astronomical clock below which a small crowd is gathering.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Astronomical_Clock for a detailed history and technical survey of the clock, its mechanisms, and its sculptures.
    Prague-astronomical-clock-CZR200901-...jpg
  • Facade of a Venetian palace facing the Grand Canal.  Very contemporary speed boat tied up by its water gate.  A man emerging from the doorway shadow moves toward the boat.  Direct juxtaposition of old and new, ancient and modern, antique and contemporary.
    palace-facade-grand-canal-Venezia_IT...jpg
  • Soft white curtains drawn back from the window overlooking the Old Town Square in Prague, giving a glimpse of the famous astronomical clock.  A blue coat is thrown over a chair in front of the window, which is in a restaurant upstairs in a bank across the street from the clock.  Feeling of being inside and looking out.
    Prague-astronomical-clock-CZR200901-...jpg
  • Pedestrians, one man and two women, pause to look in the window of the Dior boutique in Old Prague.  Mannequin in the window wears an orange colored gown.  Accessories nearby in red and orange glow richly.
    Window-shopping-fashion-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • Detail of a house facade in Ayvalik showing pilaster topped by a re-used Roman Corinthian capital.  Layers of old paint in green, yellow, purple, orange, and blue, in a multicolored but shabby composition.  Recent-seeming house number on a metal plaque suggests it is occupied.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-17.jpg
  • Goldolier in his red striped shirt and straw boater standing on a bridge talking into a mobile phone as a seagull soars overhead.  Houses and apartments along the canal recede colorfully into the distance.  A juxtaposition of the old and new, the ancient houses, traditional gondolier costume, and a contemporary mobile phone.
    Daily-life-Venezia_ITA200403-1-1.jpg
  • Portrait of an aged women at a meeting in Cairo. Her gesturing hand suggests predictions or perhaps witchcraft.  Glints of gold jewelry.
    Egyptian old woman crone.jpg
  • Elderly woman spinning wool on a spindle hanging from her hands.  She sits on a mud brick ledge in the kasbah of Aid Benhaddou, self-consciously picturesque, in hopes of a tip.
    Old-woman-spinning-wool-Ksar_Ait_Ben...jpg
  • Prague, soft sculpture of a hooded man hanging from a roof.  Four pedestrians (young women) walk underneath it, ignoring it.  Traffic sign: right turn arrow.  Graffiti on the wall of the three-storey building from which the figure hangs.
    Prague-old-town-street-scene-CZR2009...jpg
  • Ancient village woman dressed in her best graciously serves a tray of tea.  Large nose ring, bracelets, embroidered blouse, red veil.
    Old_Rajasthani-woman-serving-tea-IND...jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Floor mosaic propped up against a wall.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1043.jpg
  • Three "black Hmong" men walking uphill on a street in the town of SaPa, North Vietnam.  They wear traditional indigo-dyed garb and carry baskets on their backs, seen from the back, their powerful legs indicate a life of climbing hills.  Three  others in more contemporary dress, carrying shopping bags, approach toward us.
    Black-H'mong-men-walking-Vietnamese_...jpg
  • OMN200801--3629.jpg
  • Side of a dilapidated wooden barn in Virginia, suggesting that it is long lasting despite its appearance.
    Congratulations card PT200205-23.psd
  • Geometric patterns of rectangles from sun and shadows cast on the attic walls of a 19th century late Georgian house in Edinburgh.  Blue sky and white fluffy clouds visible through the glass.  Point of view looking upward
    AB199310-33.jpg
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sultan, a wadi near Nizwa, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date.  Local legend says the figures represent a father and mother who had committed infanticide, subsequently frozen into the rock as punishment.
    Ancient_Omani_petroglyph_OMN200801--...jpg
  • Heavy wooden door, studded with heavy iron studs, at the Al Rustaq fort in Oman.  It seems to urge us to go somewhere.  Or to come back.
    Liminal-space-indoor-outdoor-OMN2008...jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen, about 1453-55.  Head, shoulders, and hands praying.
    Donatello-sculpture-Magdalen-ITA2010...jpg
  • Three quarter view of the statue of a prophet in the narthex of Vezelay Abbey church: worn, stained, and dignified.
    Vezelay_prophet_FRA1980-08-12ed.jpg
  • Statue of Garuda, Vishnu's winged vehicle, dated 5th-6th century,oldest known sculpture in Nepal, in.Changu Narayan temple precinct.  It is covered with red paint for the Dasain holiday.
    Statue_Garuda_NPL200110-6-16.jpg
  • Ostia Antica, ruins of Republican era temple of Heracles.  Statue of C. Cartilius Poplicola on the temple platform.  Late afternoon sun, slanted shadows.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1044.jpg
  • Boy of about 10 years wearing a green T-shirt inscribed "The Incredible Huck" seen curled up in a large leather chair, knees and feet angularly cocked upward, reading a book intently.  Bookshelves and Turkish kilims visible in the background showing the living room.
    198108-1-0a.jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen.  Her mournful face, tangled hair, ragged robe, and wrinkled hands are shown.
    Donatello Magdalen ITA201012--0029.jpg
  • Ostia Antica.  Closeup of an ancient Roman theatrical mask carved in stone; Corinthian pillar and umbrella pines behind.  Adjoins theater at Ostia.
    Ostia Antica theater mask ITA200901-...jpg
  • Fes;looking down on the medieval leather tanneries, still used; workmen.  Clusters of ancient vats, some brown, some white, in their clearing.  One workmen is walking along the edges of the vats, while another opposite him watches.  Beyond the vats rise a hill covered with apartment buildings, many topped with satellite dishes.  Cloudy sky but bright sun.  Photo taken looking toward sun, so there is a magical-looking diphragm silhouette in the center of the image.
    Fes_tanneries_MOR200411_0541.jpg
  • On a winter day, the medieval Charles bridge and its abutments are covered with snow.  View from a boat in the river near the bridge, looking up past it to the cathedral on its hill above.  Cold weather, white sky, gray river water.
    Charles-Bridge-Prague-CZR200901--025...jpg
  • Ostia Antica.  Theater, restored seats from behind the scene building ruins. Empty audience and cleared stage area so that summer performances can be played.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1037.jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Closeup of a theatrical mask carved in stone.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1035.jpg
  • Head and shoulders portrait of a boy aged 10 years, pointing behind him with his thumb, mysterious smile showing new large incisors.  Thick brown straight hair, green and yellow T-shirt, grassy background.
    Boy-ten-thumbing-FH197906-37.jpg
  • On a hill near Phan Rang, South Vietnam, the Cham towers of Po Klong Garai, seen from a new parking lot lit by street lamps whose shapes echo the shape of the brick towers.  The group of small Hindu temples are still used for worship by Vietnamese Buddhists as well as Cham descendants.  They are built of brick without mortar.
    Cham_towers_VTN200602--026.jpg
  • Corte del Tagiapiera, Venice.  Outboard motor boat, man driving, visible going past through the water gate.  Well-maintained doors to residences on either side of the water gate.  The ancient surroundings and the modern motorboat in juxtaposition.
    Corte-del-Tagiapiera-Venezia_ITA2004...jpg
  • Rome, Ara Pacis, exterior from roadway showing modern enclosure and passersby, one car in motion and a pair of pedestrians.  Reflection of buildings and trees across the Tiber show in the windows. Rome Historical Center.
    Ara-Pacis-enclosure-Rome_ITA200901--...jpg
  • Four twining trunks of a single apple tree in the garden.
    ENG201505--4309m.jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen.  Her head is in profile, with partial view of her upraised praying hands.
    Aged_penitent_ITA201012--0029.jpg
  • Four elderly Rajasthani women in their best traditional dress seated on the ground looking at the camera.
    Elderly-Rajasthani-women-IND200111-1...jpg
  • Flower seller outside the 15th century Jain temple at Ranakhpur, seated cross legged, offering flowers for sale.
    Portrait-Indian-man-IND200111-15-3.jpg
  • Aged women at a meeting in Cairo.  Image focus is on the folded fingers and steady gaze of a wrinkled and ancient female, surrounded by 5-6 others who are blurred but whose faces form a frame around her.
    Portrait of an aged Egyptian woman
  • Ostia Antica.  Closeup of a theatrical mask carved in stone; Corinthian pillar and umbrella pines behind.  Mask's mouth is wide open as though screaming.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1034-2.jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Floor mosaic, black and white tesserae, mules drawing a cart filled with children, muleteer carrying whip, partial view of a human-sea monster creature.  Baths of the Coachmen.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1030.jpg
  • Man talking on a mobile telephone while he lights incense spiral cones at a Vietnamese pagoda, Phong Thuong Truc, near the Marble Mountain, North Vietnam.
    man-mobile-phone-Vietnamese_VTN20060...jpg
  • Prague, old synagogue, exterior in snow, surrounded by 18th century apartment buildings erected after the old Jewish quarter was cleared.  The attic behind the high gabled roof is said to contain the "golem" but is no longer accessible.
    Prague-synagogue-exterior-snow-CZR20...jpg
  • Bangladeshi woman wearing a blue cotton sari hunkered down (squatting) in bare feet in the doorway of a building in Old Dhaka.  Hands clasped underneath her chin, she seems to be thinking, considering something, or just waiting.
    BGD198201-103.jpg
  • View down one of the entrance streets that leads into the ancient town and medina of Fez, Morocco.  Five scattered pedestrians walk toward the camera, two away; one shopkeeper arranges his goods; one young man leans against the corner of a building in the foreground.  Bright sunlight.  Five satellite dishes visible on different rooftops of several ancient apartment buildings.   Old and new juxtaposed in comfortable coexistence.  Viewpoint slightly high so that beyond the deeply shadowed medina area at the end of the street we can see a glimpse of modern construction and blue hills beyond.  Fez lies in a bowl with hills on all sides.
    Fes_Medina_Morocco_MOR200411_0505.jpg
  • White, black, red, yellow, and beige in a design of squares and rectangles make a Mondriaan-like graphic pattern on a well-maintained old house in Ayvalik.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-02-8.jpg
  • Four young girls 8-10 years old washing fodder greens in the  village stream, watched by a fifth who carries an infant tied to her back.
    Baby-care-sibling-Vietnamese_TN20060...jpg
  • Gypsy accordionist performs on the pedestrian bridge into the old city of Cordoba, Spain.  Pedestrians and a white dog pass by.
    ESP201210--0120.jpg
  • I like to collect pictures of wall signs and graffiti that have some relevance to their location.  Or some mystery.  Here the message on a scruffy old wall is: "Terrorista e lo stato" painted in black, apparently through a template.
    State_terrorism_ITA201012-096.jpg
  • Gypsy accordionist performs on the pedestrian bridge into the old city of Cordoba, Spain.  Pedestrians and a white dog pass by.
    ESP201210--0120.jpg
  • Siding detail of a derelict wooden barn in rural Virginia.  Its planks make rough horizontal parallels.  Unused, it still stands like an old old man.
    Rough_wood_parallel_PT2002-05-23.jpg
  • Old and new buildings on a street in the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo.  In the foreground, a leaky 1950s era plain concrete structure (apartment building?)  with sliding glass windows still taped up; beyond a carved and balconied 19th century apartment building.  The contrast is apparent.
    19th and 20th centuries in Garden Ci..airo
  • Interior of a typical old Cairo house in Mamluk architectural style.  Sunlight throws a shadow of a lamp in the foreground against the qibla wall beyond.  The chair and water jars indicate that the house is somewhat cared for, if not actually lived in.
    Traditional Mamluk house interior in..airo
  • Qala i Kuhna Mascid in the Purana Qila ("Old Fort") area, Delhi.  This mosque was built by the Afghan chieftain Sher Shah Sur 1541 who had dispossessed the second Mughal emperor, Humayun (who eventually defeated Sher Shah's successors in 1555..
    Qala i Kuhna Mascid IND200111-01-13.jpg
  • Twisted old tree trunk emerging from a nest of bracken and fern.  Scotland.
    Congratulations card TR199310-23.jpg
  • First cataract of the Nile from top of the old Aswan Dam, replaced in the 1960s by the Russian-built present dam.
    Nile_river_Aswan
  • Old Third Haven Friends Meeting House, 1684, Easton, MD: window showing reflections of outside and view of church interior with other windows.  Opaque and transparent.
    USA.MD200809--0075.jpg
  • Qala i Kuhna Mascid in the Purana Qila ("Old Fort") area, Delhi.  This mosque was built by the Afghan chieftain Sher Shah Sur 1541 who had dispossessed the second Mughal emperor, Humayun (who eventually defeated Sher Shah's successors in 1555..
    Delhi_Qala_i_Kuhna_IND200111-01-27.jpg
  • Little girl about 5 years old in traditional costume performs a Gujarati stick dance.
    Ethnic-dance-IND201301--1014.jpg
  • The girl, about 10 years old, wears a school uniform, her hair neatly braided with a rag and a bobby pin.
    Egyptian schoolgirl writing on a bla..oard
  • Old and new ; old village structures with modern hotel visible beyond.  View of Hvar rooftops, including church bell tower and houses with rooftop solar panels.
    Hvar-Croatia-scene-HRV200606-164.jpg
  • Point of view looking up at a pair of windows and a balcony, lined with potted plants, in a medieval/Renaissance dwelling in Trogir.  The entire old town section is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Trogir-Renaissance-dwelling--HRV2006...jpg
  • Though the mosque is hundreds of years old (date uncertain) it is carefully maintained and freshly painted, mainly in green.  The qibla is framed by an unusual lobed and pointed arch.
    Mosque_interior_TNZ200801--4560.jpg
  • Sharp shadow projected on doorway of an old but still occupied house in Ayvalik.  Date on metal tympanum over the door says 1878.  A young woman in jeans opens the door with a key, while two other women walk by.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-4.jpg
  • A Florentine woman, with her young daughter (about six years old), fills a water bottle at a Baroque wall fountain in the Oltrarno.  Both wear padded jackets.  The fountain, on a street corner, has above it a grotesque mask.  The fountain is shaped in swoops and scrolls, echoed in her curved arm reaching out, and curving fur hood of her jacket.
    Woman_child_fountain_ITA201101--0034.jpg
  • Evening view of the London city skyline, anchored by the Swiss RE "gherkin" tower rising among the high rises.  A steeple of one of the Georgian City churches is also visible.  A composition of old and new.  Viewpoint from across the river Thames just west of London Bridge.  An anchor chain of HMS Belfast visible at right, a buoy at left, and a barge tied up on the opposite bank in front of an anonymous looking early 20th century neoclassical style government office building.
    London-City-skyline-ENG201101--0013.jpg
  • Prague cityscape from Petrin Hill toward Charles Bridge over the Vltava River; Old Town Prague beyond; in the distance, Soviet era high rise structures line the hills.
    Prague-cityscape-winter-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • Old ceramic water tank with tap, filter, set up in a shop in Hoi An, Vietnam.  Label:  "FILTER SAFE WATER Drinking Water of Absolute Purity.  British Model."
    Ceramic water tank for drinking
  • Dubrovnik restored: Croatian flag flying in the old town square .
    Dubrovnik HRV200606-286.jpg
  • Angkor Thom: naked young boy about 6 years old fishing with aa ragged net in the rubble-filled remains of the moat outside the perimeter wall of Bayon, southwest side.  Rear view of the child lifting the net.
    Angkor_Thom_exterior_moat_KHM200602_...jpg
  • Old ceramic water tank with tap, filter, set up in a shop in Hoi An, Vietnam.
    Hoi_An_potable_water_VTN200602--0522.jpg
  • Bangladeshi woman wearing a blue sari and bracelets hunkers down, hands clasped before her face, in Old Dhaka.  She is thinking, contemplating, waiting, resting...
    Bangladeshi woman hunkered BGD198201...jpg
  • One of the old entrances to the Alhambra seen from the inside of the complex.  One large arched doorway, and one smaller one at the top of some stairs.  Brick and stone.
    Alhambra entrance ESP201210--0208.jpg
  • I like to collect pictures of wall signs and graffiti that have some relevance to their location.  Or some mystery.  Here the message on a scruffy old wall is: "Terrorista e lo stato"
    Terrorism_graffiti_ITA201012-096.jpg
  • Refurbished old Greek house on a narrow street in Ayvalik.  Freshly painted, window boxes, and flourishing decorative plants suggest occupancy.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-02-9.jpg
  • Inland town square, Ayvalik.  Man drinking at traditional fountain.  Trucks, a new car, and an old donkey cart.  Beyond, a minaret next to the remains of a domed church.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-02-12.jpg
  • Door with lock and laundry bag at a Rajasthani palace developed into a boutique resort: Ajit Bhawan Heritage Resort.
    Rajasthan_heritage_IND200111-5-4.jpg
  • Many old buildings in Prague use the basement as a restaurant and advertise favorably their "Gothic cellar."  This is an entrance to one of them in Hradcany.  There is graffiti carved in the ancient door jamb.  Dark steps lead down from the street.
    Prague-Gothic-cellar-entrance-CZR200...jpg
  • Prague synagogue; carving on tympanum over entry to the inner sanctuary, an abstract geometric design within a pointed arch, shows 12 vines and twleve bunches of grapes, possibly representing the twelve tribes of Israel.  Also known as the "Old-New Synagogue," the oldest in Europe.  Built 1270 in Gothic style.
    Prague-synagogue-tympanum-CZR200901-...jpg
  • Internal stairway in the Palazzo Davanzati.  I like stairways.
    Mysterious-old-stairway-ITA201101--0...jpg
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : wooden barn door with rusted latch and keyhole plate.  Thick peeling paint adds texture.  Beige, orange, and blue colors predominate sue to deliberate saturation of naturally occurring hues.
    Old-wooden-barn-door-ENG200607_072.jpg
  • Cheerful crowd of about 12 men and boys riding on the running boards and roof of an ancient automobile.  Rear seat interior appears unoccupied.  They are crossing the Nile on an Upper Egypt causeway.
    How many passengers can an old car c..rry?
  • London resident, an elderly man in a baseball cap, seated on a bench in St. James Park feeding cluster of about six pigeons.  The birds flutter around, used to his handouts.  One sits on his head.  They expect him, as he comes every day with their meal.  In the background, a summer flowering in the park garden.
    Old-man-feeding-pigeons-ENG200706--3...jpg
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : wooden barn door with rusted latch and peeling paint making a texture
    old_wood_barn_door_ENG200607_072.jpg
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