Contributions of the group People in Black and White

Street Live

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:58:44 +0000

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On Sundays, Avenida Paulista feels less like a busy avenue and more like a long, improvised music festival. The cars disappear, and suddenly the asphalt belongs to people: families strolling, couples holding hands, friends on bikes, and small crowds forming around whoever brought an instrument and enough courage to plug in.

Our Orange Coupé in Cuba

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:50:04 +0000

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This is my mum, my brother and me in front of the entrance to the Sierra Maestra residential complex in Havana, where we lived in the early 1980s. Our pride was the car in the foreground: a beautifully designed orange Škoda 110 R coupé, built in Czechoslovakia between 1970 and 1980. In Cuba, where the streets were dominated by gigantic, aging American cars from the 1940s and 1950s, this low, sporty silhouette looked wonderfully exotic and always attracted attention. For many people it was probably the closest thing to a Porsche they had ever seen driving past their front door. For us it was just the family car, quietly threading our everyday life into the larger history of that time and place. We eventually sold it in Havana – and I still sometimes wonder if it might somehow be surviving on the Cuban roads today.

Kite Festival

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:05:52 +0000

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On a boat

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:58:21 +0000

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This is a childhood photo of me, taken by my late father. It was captured not far from our home, on the banks of the Danube—more precisely, along an anabranch used by a canoeing club and for mooring smaller boats and old wrecks.

Tia Maria e tio Edmundo, for Sunday challenge and HBM

nobody@ipernity.com (Xata) — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:51:48 +0000

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A BENCH FULL OF MEMORIES FOR ME, MY AUNT MARIA NOW DECEASED AND UNCLE EDMUNDO, A SHEPHERD NOW SHEPHERDING THE STARS, USED TO SIT THERE ON SUNNY WINTER DAYS...
NOW IT HAS BEEN CEMENTED AND IS ALWAYS EMPTY...EXCEPT FOR MY MEMORIES...

Under the bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:26:25 +0000

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A thousand teak logs jammed in ancient mud, 
Recycled from a palace — what a stud. 
The joints don’t need a nail, just faith and fit, 
While concrete neighbors say, “You’re full of… grit.
Eight centuries of footsteps, floods, and fuss
 The bridge still stands. Can’t say the same for us.

More about U Bein Bridge at stickymangorice.com/2023/11/01/u-bein-bridge

Snapshot of an Elderly lady

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:29:18 +0000

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Just a click on a sympathetic local lady, enjoying her time on the bridge

MG 4811 copy 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Popi Efthimiadou) — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:10:23 +0000

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All the man that I need??? (oder, "das sind keine 20 cm") (◕‿-)

nobody@ipernity.com (Dida From Augsburg) — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:06:53 +0000

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➽ All the man that I need ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬
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➽ HBM and a great new week!

Trey

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Roter) — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 21:36:31 +0000

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Sólo Quién Ama Vuela!

nobody@ipernity.com (Love Song) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:26:18 +0000

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Feel On Baby - The Rolling Stones

A True ★

nobody@ipernity.com (honeyj) — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:58:57 +0000

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Aren't you making breakfast?
It's your turn.
Fine. Oatmeal and rasins?
Wow. You're outdoing yourself.
Just the kind of guy I am.
True.

Baby Jane

nobody@ipernity.com (Love Song) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:33:37 +0000

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That's The Way She Loves - Aaron Neville

A Local and the tourists

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Fri, 15 May 2026 05:59:18 +0000

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I’ve written about this famous teak bridge before, but rather than simply showcasing the structure, I wanted to capture close-up portraits of the people who use it daily. To me, it is a living walkway for the local community, not just a scenic landmark.

In 2012, as Myanmar began to emerge from years of isolation, the bridge became a vibrant, sometimes chaotic meeting point where monks, farmers, and vendors mingled with the first wave of foreign tourists. Photographing it then allowed me to capture that unique energy of different worlds colliding on a narrow strip of wood.

Looking back, those crowded scenes feel almost surreal. Since the 2021 military coup, tourism has collapsed and the international crowds have vanished. While travel to the area may be slowly returning, the atmosphere is fundamentally different. Back then, the country was fueled by the hope of democratic change; today, the people face a bleak future under a military junta that has left them isolated and grappling with a dire human rights crisis.

Stacked and ready for winter

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:33:29 +0000

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Much like in many other rural regions, people in northern Slovakia stack their firewood just as you see in this photograph. Carefully arranged rows of split logs form both a practical wood reserve and a quiet piece of everyday village architecture.

Over the Roofs of Tomorrow

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:26:51 +0000

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The roof of Futurium in Berlin is both an accessible city terrace and a piece of environmental technology, conceived as part of the museum’s narrative about possible futures. Architecturally, it forms a shallow basin: the sloping planes channel all rainwater to a low point, where it is collected in a cistern and reused for cooling and other non‑potable purposes, turning a simple downpour into part of the building’s technical cycle.

Almost the entire roof is covered by a dense field of photovoltaic and solar‑thermal modules – sometimes described as a “solar sea” – which supply a substantial share of Futurium’s own electricity and heat demand and support its minimum‑energy, BNB‑Gold certification.

Unusually for a technology roof of this kind, visitors are allowed onto it: a skywalk leads around the upper edge, offering views over the Spree, the government district, and the Chancellery, so the public can literally walk on the energy landscape. A bit of trivia: the architects designed roof, façade, and technical systems as one integrated envelope, so the building’s futuristic image is inseparable from the way it manages sun and water.

Piensa Lo Que Quieras Morena!

nobody@ipernity.com (Love Song) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 01:58:53 +0000

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Joy Of Life - Karunesh

No More Tears!

nobody@ipernity.com (Love Song) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:12:27 +0000

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No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne

In the tank

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:54:55 +0000

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Of Elephants and Men

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:12:59 +0000

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