I first visited Barcelona way back in December 2001 and loved it… and I wasn’t disappointed on returning this past weekend for the Primavera Sound music festival. Barcelona’s charm lies in its weird, but wonderful, mix of old world grandeur, innovative modern architecture and pervasive urban decay – all punctuated by a uniquely Catalonian edge (think Gaudi, Miro, Tapies, Dali). The mix of old and new is captured perfectly in the CCCB building (Centre de Cultura Contemporània, pictured above and again further below) – clean delineated glass and steel angled just so (like a periscope) to reflect the surrounding jumble of the old city.
(even the pavements rock!)
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5 June, 2008 at 11:08 am
Bruno Banani
cool pics, love the Giza graffiti!
5 June, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Erich
if you took so many pictures, when did you listen to ther music??
5 June, 2008 at 5:48 pm
sakurasnow
Thanks BB – I thought that little pyramid character was very cool too!
Hey Erich! The music didn’t get going until around 4pm each day… so we explored the city by day and listened to the music at night (and in to the very small hours!).
8 June, 2008 at 10:15 am
wendren
These are gorgeous photographs. Really inspirational. Thank you for sharing them.
11 June, 2008 at 10:47 pm
sakurasnow
Thank you wendren! I’m glad you enjoyed the photos, and found them inspirational – Barcelona is a very inspirational city :-)
2 July, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Erik W. Kolstad
Wow, this is really impressive. I’m sure you realize that many of your images could be sold as stock…?
4 August, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Juddie
Wonderful pics – wish I were there too!
17 August, 2008 at 9:03 pm
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26 April, 2009 at 9:27 am
mus
great pics!
…and nice blog you have