Separated by an extra-wide grass verge with a playground, our housing estate is located at an arterial road of the city.
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Across the big road there is a hummock. You can view a section of the estate from that hummock.
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When I was looking at the estate from the bottom of the hummock, the houses didn't look small and toylike anymore, but rather like scenery, which you passed by. I didn't have a complete view of the ambience anymore .
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In relation to the advance direction sign the small houses, which were located a little bit behind it, were still looking low.
For further information about the advance direction sign see Angels of Vision 1
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That's a view which a car driver would perhaps get, if he glimpsed at the estate from the street. From this angle it caught my eyes that there were satellite dishes on many roof ridges.
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If somebody only caught a glimpse of the houses, they would seem quite uniform to him.
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It was only when I entered the narrow path between the two rows of houses that I was able to realize not only the differences between the houses, but also the confining ambience. There were houses which had a facing of pale bricks.Several bays had been extended, other ones not.
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The occupants had planted the gardens differenty. They tried to moderate the narrowness and stereotypy of the estate by stressing their individuality. At a far distance I made out the stone bulk of an apartment block which sheltered the estate from the next big road.
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Please also read
Angles of Vision 2
Angles of Vision 3
Another photo spread about proximity and distance - the Weser river
Please take a look at Charlie Dittmeier's photographof a typical street scene -- probably lower middle-class -- in Phnom Penh. The picture is dated April 7 2006. The link leads to the latest entry of the diary. Please scroll down, if necessary.
The international poster organisation Loesje has started a project to train young people from all over Europe and Asia in how to organise and coordinate information campaigns about the Millennium Development Goals. |
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These goals are set by the United Nations to fight poverty and to improve living standards world wide.
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Please also read Cats Talk (41)
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