#UrbanTexture

2025-11-11
Street Photography — “The Reader”

There I was, standing quietly in the shadow, my camera ready. Across the street, people moved like they always do — eyes fixed on glowing screens, thumbs scrolling endlessly from one three-second clip to the next. But then she appeared.

No phone. No earbuds. Just… a book.
That strange, clunky object made of paper, filled with words and stories — a relic from another time.

As she walked past an abandoned, graffiti-covered house, lost in her own world of ink and imagination, the scene unfolded like a paradox of past and present.
The forgotten building, the fading posters, the sharp sunlight cutting through the dust — and in the middle of it all, someone who remembered how to be still.

Shot with the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Sigma 100-400mm lens — proof that sometimes, the most remarkable street scenes are the quietest ones.

Photography, after all, is just another way of studying light and life.

#StreetPhotography #TheReader #UrbanObservation #Tilburg #DutchStreets #EverydayLife #VisualStorytelling #CandidMoments #DocumentaryPhotography #PhotographyObservation #StreetScene #HumanBehavior #UrbanDecay #CityContrast #StreetLightAndShadow #Sigma100400 #Canon5DMarkIV #CandidShot #UrbanMood #QuietMoments #StreetPerspective #StreetLife #StoryInLight #RealLifeMoments #StreetComposition #ShadowPlay #UrbanTexture #StreetArtAndLife #CapturingMoments #ObservationalPhotography #RealWorldScenes #BookLover #AnalogSoul #LostInAStory #AgainstTheFlow #VisualAnthropology #LightStudy #CityWatching #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography
2025-07-11

Glass block window set in a textured beige stucco wall. A vertical crack runs through the wall and beneath the window. The wall shows signs of wear and discoloration near the bottom edge.

#UrbanDecay #UrbanTexture #ArchitecturePhotography #TexturedSurfaces #ArchitecturalDetails #WallArt #CrackedWall #GlassBlockWindow #BuildingDetails #ArtInArchitecture #WindowFriday #FensterFreitag

Glass block window set in a textured beige stucco wall. A vertical crack runs through the wall and beneath the window. The wall shows signs of wear and discoloration near the bottom edge.
2025-07-05
Wall and ivy, portrait crop revisited. Thank you so much for the feedback @meoralis, @Jtow, & @neotux! Overall, I still like the landscape slightly better but I like this much better than the previous portrait crop.
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#photography #photo #photographie #fotografia #fotografie #amateurphotography #fediphotography #fediphoto #pixelfed #colorphotography #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #urbantexture #urbantextures #urbanphotography
A vertical view of a pale yellow brick wall partially covered by a climbing vine. On the left side, a white pipe runs from the bottom to the top of the frame, around which green ivy leaves grow densely at the base. Higher up, the vine branches into thin, bare, dark tendrils that stretch across the wall in graceful, looping patterns. The wall’s texture and the vine’s organic lines create a visual contrast between order and natural growth. The scene is lit by soft, natural light, emphasizing the warmth of the wall’s color.
2025-07-04
This wall and ivy jumped out at me. I could not decide between landscape and portrait, which do you prefer?
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#photography #amateurphotography #photographie #fotografia #fotografie #urbantexture #urbantextures #colorphotography #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #washingtondc
A sparse vine with dark, leafless tendrils climbs across a textured, light yellow brick wall. The vine wraps around a white vertical pipe on the left side of the frame, with a cluster of dark green ivy leaves concentrated near the base. The composition emphasizes the contrast between the organic, irregular paths of the vine and the rigid geometry of the wall's brickwork. The top and right portions of the frame are bare, drawing focus to the branching patterns.A vertical view of the same yellow brick wall, showing more of the wall’s height and additional vine coverage. A white pipe runs vertically near the left edge, with leafy green ivy climbing its base and beginning to spread outward. Sparse, leafless tendrils extend diagonally and horizontally across the wall, forming intricate, natural patterns. A black cable runs horizontally near the bottom of the frame, subtly dividing the image and adding an urban texture to the scene.
Raymond Larabietypodermic
2025-06-03

The façade is a masterclass in “lived-in.” Peeling paint, scuffed metal, weather-stained siding, and enough grime to fill a restoration YouTube channel. 🛠️🧱

質感だけで人生を語ってきたような玄関。錆び、染み、剥げたペンキ…いずれも立派な住人。🏚️📦

A gritty exterior of what appears to be a back entrance or side façade of a building in Nagoya. The image is rendered in high-contrast black and white, drawing attention to the weathered siding, a rust-streaked window, and a dented metal door with a screen panel. To the right, stacks of wooden boards are topped with a couple of plastic buckets, hinting at some kind of industrious activity—past or present. Pipes, meters, and wires trace their way across the surfaces like urban veins, adding a quiet complexity to the otherwise utilitarian composition.
Hallo Hallo
Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Apr 2015
#istanbul #urbantexture

(sorry if multiple repost attempts show up in your feed, the non-square crop bug is really annoying today)

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