far away so close

Some photos taken with my little sony digital compact i got 2nd hand from Hong Kong. It's so old no one sold the original Memory Sticks (it's all gone Pro and Micro). It's great as it has a turrent of head so can turn all the way 180 degrees. It's nice to just whip out and take snaps. I have to say I can't be asked to drag my monster SLR everywhere and the Leica will only hold in decent light. So without further ado- the first is the streets of Mong Kok, the most densely populated area in Hong Kong. Although it is 2am there and the markets are cleaning up. I had never seen this before that night. The second is from my flight back. I sat fairly near the head of the plane though i took this from even further towards the front. I was hard to get the angle and I was lucky my camera tucked all the way into the side of the window for the angle. The third is from behind Charing Cross Road. I was walking around and more often than not I will see something, a building, a sign that I have never seen before despite having walked down that street many many times. It was the combination of a neo 'retro' sign and the distictly 20th century, slightly neglected building that caught me. What is apparantly called 'retro fitting'- though i do not think they meant it this time. Taking something from a past design period and refurbing it and placing it in a future context. Production Design in films such as Bladerunner and Gattaca do this.

I don't have a lot to say today. Just wanted to put these photos ups. I guess they are all related by the fact that I have never seen those sights before despite having been there many times.

One more thing. Two quotes from Gattaca... unfortunately I have to quote from memory...

"The closer I was to my goal, I realized how far I was away from it"

"Now that I am finally leaving this planet that never made me feel I belonged, I find myself strangley missing it"

Taken with a Sony F- 77.

- J