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Making Shadows in Dimitrakopoulo Plateia

Dimitrakopoulo Plateia in Larisa, Greece on a week day lunchtime in March. Impressions: Bright blue sky, bright white light, sharp shadows, yellow flowers, scraggy green grass, tiny lizards scurrying.  Dormant fountain, rubbish floating in it.  Empty square, cafes quiet now, motorbikes vibrating, swing creaking, man on his phone, bench missing planks. Question: What shadow shapes …

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Space at Wanstead Flats

Wanstead Flats on a week day morning in March. Impressions: Cloudfree blue sky, surprising heat in the sunshine, flat, empty, wide space, dot of people in the distance, occasional clumps of trees.  Squashy, springy grass and gorse.  Careful of the birds nesting in the grass.  A murder of crows, swirl of gulls, gang of pigeons, honking geese. …

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