The underlying economy
In today’s photoessay, the people of Prague play a secondary role in the proceedings: they are there to provide a sense of scale and a little humanisation to the various urban tableaux. The idea behind this series is that whilst people usually take centre stage, even in a very established human-scale city* they eventually play second fiddle to the spectacle of the environment around them. Ironically, even though we created the environment to serve us, it has outlasted us and in some ways rendered us merely transient. I have thus shrunken the people accordingly. Enjoy!
*Unlike very large modern cities like say, New York
This series was shot with a Nikon D810, 24-120/4 VR, Ricoh GR and Zeiss Otus 1.4/55 and processed with Photoshop Workflow II.
Trains contain people
Untitled 1
Stuck in the cooler
No space for me
There is more than one Manneken Pis in Prague
Untitled 2
Stalker
The birds are always watching
Recycled
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Seeing more great images by Ming — what a wonderful and inspiring note on which to leave for my own trip today. Thanks!
Thanks!
Ming,
I have a question regarding your first photo in B&W. To me it seems very gray, no blacks or whites and actually very little gradations of gray. I know you are a master at B&W and I am curious as to why you did this.
R/Jim
Could it be your monitor? I’ve got clear areas that are black and white on mine.
Your love of Prague comes through!
Thanks – it has to be one of my favourite cities on the planet…
Thanks for taking me back to the wonderful Prague. Stalker .. the selfie there .. is just so wonderful 🙂
Totally Gerner, brings back the fun times! Still remember freezing my ass off on that bridge with Ming!
But it was totally worth it! The more one shoots, the tighter one curates…the lower the hit rate is. Two in one evening ain’t bad at all 🙂
🙂 I feel like Prague is one of the places I’m nowhere near done with. I’ll have to go back…
Hi Ming,
nice shots, great blog, huge fan of yours!
I live in Prague, so if you are planning to get back here, let me know, i will be happy to show some great spots! 😉
Take care!
Lukas
Thanks.
Hi, I understand your offer is for Ming. However, I am coming to Prague in late September, I would appreciate if you can give some pointers on where in Prague (other than the usual tourist spots) to take photos.
Regards,
Matthew
I’ve always found the whole city is fair game 🙂
Ming,
Wonderful images! Really enjoyed them. – Eric
Thanks Eric!