Part 1: The Fall of Constantinople

Richard Pendavingh

In the mountains around Trabzon you can find fragments of an empire that traces its origins back to ancient Rome.

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Sep
30
2013
Golden Horn ferry
Istanbul Richard Pendavingh 30.09.13

Photos of the streets and waterways around the old Turkish capital.

Jun
02
2013
Taksim Square Protests, Part II Richard Pendavingh 02.06.13

The previous set of photos was taken on Istiklal avenue approaching Taksim Square.

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Jun
02
2013
Retaking Gezi Park Richard Pendavingh 02.06.13

Photos I took of today's anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul.

May
13
2013
ICC Berlin Richard Pendavingh 13.05.13

Some images of Berlin's International Congress Centre designed by Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte in 1979.

May
13
2013
Spreepark Cat Spreepark, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 13.05.13

A series of images of the abandoned East German 'Spreepark' taken in May this year.

May
11
2013
View of Teufelsberg Teufelsberg, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 11.05.13

There's something grimly poetic about Teufelsberg- the Devil's Mountain.

May
06
2013
Pergamon altar frieze Pergamon Museum, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 06.05.13

Some images of Berlin's controversial museum of near-eastern antiquities including the massive Pergamon Altar.

Apr
30
2013
Olympiastadion Olympiastadion, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 30.04.13

Photos taken at Berlin's Olympic Stadium- site of the infamous Nazi games of 1936.

Apr
28
2013
Holocaust Memorial in Berlin Memorials of Berlin Richard Pendavingh 28.04.13

No other place is so heavily freighted with history than the city of Berlin.

Apr
24
2013
Tito’s Memorials Richard Pendavingh 24.04.13

A collection of haunting Soviet-era war memorials in the mountains of former Yugoslavia taken by Belgian artist Jan Kempenaers.

Apr
24
2013
Paris catacombs Paris’ Suburban Underground Richard Pendavingh 24.04.13

All the skyscrapers in Paris are concentrated in a region several miles from the city centre in an area known as La Defence.

Apr
23
2013
Instrument boxes in Notre Dame. Parisian Relics Richard Pendavingh 23.04.13

Images taken inside Notre Dame and the Cathedral of Saint Sulpice in Paris.

Apr
22
2013
Miru Kim Richard Pendavingh 22.04.13

Some amazing self-portraits by Korean/American artist Miru Kim.

Apr
14
2013
Roofing in Russia Richard Pendavingh 14.04.13

A small selection of dizzying photos taken by Russian teenagers in the upper reaches of the Moscow skyline.

Apr
13
2013
Bastille Protestors Storming the Bastille Richard Pendavingh 13.04.13

On any given sunday there are angry Parisians at the Place De la Bastille railing against the government for one reason or another.

Apr
10
2013
Metro station in the 18th 18th Arrondissement Richard Pendavingh 10.04.13

Some night photography from the 18th Arrondissement of Paris.

Apr
10
2013
Moulin Rouge Pony Pigalle by night Richard Pendavingh 10.04.13

A picture of tiny horses leaving the side door of the Moulin Rouge.

Apr
10
2013
Streets of Paris Paris on foot Richard Pendavingh 10.04.13

As I've travelled over the last few months I've hopped mainly from city to city and noticed a pattern...

Apr
09
2013
encants de bellcaire Barcelona Richard Pendavingh 09.04.13

A few postcard pictures from Barcelona.

Apr
02
2013
A visitor looks out over Manhattan from the observation deck of 30 Rockefeller Center Top of the Rock Richard Pendavingh 02.04.13

The view from the top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.