Pittsburgh is located on the Allegheny Plateau, where the confluence of the Allegheny River from the northeast and Monongahela River from the southeast form the Ohio River. The Downtown area between the rivers is known as the Golden Triangle, and the site at the actual convergence, which is occupied by Point State Park, is referred to simply as “the Point.” …
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The pilot photo post of my EuroTrip to Paris, France. Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the le-de-France region. The city of Paris, within its administrative limits largely unchanged since 1860, has an estimated population of 2,211,297 (January 2008), but the Paris metropolitan area has …
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‘The Rainbow at Niagara Falls’ was the first official recognition of my photography in the United States. The photograph has been selected as the winner of Popular Photography magazine contest and published in Volume 69, April 2005 issue under the title ‘Mist De Resistance’. The Niagara Falls are the most powerful waterfalls in North America. These voluminous waterfalls are situated …
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Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. The country is a kingdom, a constitutional. Thailand is the world’s 50th largest country in terms of total, with a surface area of approximately 513,000 sq km (198,000 sq mi), and the 21st most-populous country, with approximately 64 million people. The largest city in Thailand is Bangkok, …
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Tales of Asia. The Land of 1000 Smiles – is the title of my second Asian Nona Hora book. It contains a collection of photographs taken in Thailand, Southeast Asia. The list of memographed sights: Bangkok, Thailand The Grand Palace The Royal Temple of The Emerald Buddha Wat Pho Bangkok Canals MBK Kanchanaburi War Museum and Cemetery The Bridge Over …
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As many of you know, the current Memographer.com is my seventh photo blog since 2007. We have moved a lot around the Web :) Thanks so much for following me! And sorry about the instability. I just couldn’t find a publishing platform which would serve my needs. I really hope to stick to WordPress for a while and keep the …
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Three days in Delhi were fun! The weather? – 100°F (+38°C), 100% humidity… not so much! However, almost all items on my To-Do-Go List were crossed out. I have memo-photographed Rajpath, Imposing India Gate, Parliament House, Chandni Chowk and Main Markets, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial and National Gandhi Museum, National Zoological Park, National Rail Museum, and other sights, taken a bicycle …
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Taj Mahal – one of the Seven Wonders of the World – check! :) According to a hotel manager, it was raining in Agra for the last five days (monsoon season). The first dry morning was the only morning I stayed in Agra… So I thanked God for the opportunity to photograph Sunrise at Taj Mahal and got there for …
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It took about eight hours to relocate to my next destination – Jaipur, located in semi-desert lands of Rajasthan (east of Jodhpur). A road trip across rural India was fun, monsoon- not so much :) Jaipur consists of two totally different towns: New and Old. A new one is a modern city with business centers and billboard advertising; roads of …
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Pushkar is one of the oldest cities of India. It is one of the five sacred pilgrimage sites for devout Hindus. The city is often called “Tirth Raj” – the king of pilgrimage sites – and has in recent years become a popular destination for foreign tourists. It lies on the shore of Pushkar Lake. The date of its actual …
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The beginning. I have started my Indian Nona Hora project in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. I stayed two days / one night in Thar Desert with a wonderful Rajasthani family. I cannot thank enough Gemar and Mewa for the memories I captured during my stay in their hut. The rides in Gemar’s 1957 Jeep in desert sands, meetings with Bishnoi people, Camel …
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The second photo post of the second part of my EuroTrip 2011 happened on a rainy, windy, and cold day in Amsterdam, Netherlands. For a few hours I was hiding from the rain in The Heineken Experience, an historic Dutch brewery. Why do people say that men prefer beer more than women do? gmeanm3r
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