PHH Sykes: York on foot 2008

Thursday 21 October 2010

York on foot 2008

These cityscapes were taken in 2008 as I wandered around this beautiful city. I have chosen to include some well known landmarks alongside some lesser known attractions. I hope that this gives a different view of this well loved city. It is a real pleasure to have a camera to hand in York as there is so much eye candy waiting to be crafted in to photographs. York has something to offer those into tourist style picture taking and those that enjoy using documentary or reportage skills to capture their street photography.

The intricate jumble of the city centre of York has been formed by the constant occupation of the site including transformations from the Romans, Anglo Saxons, and Vikings. The city thrives to this day and has been remodelled for modern living by each new generation that choose to make their homes here. This vast varied reshaping of the structure of the city has left several wonderful peculiarities. There are whole streets that appear to have been saved from an early time and some of the buildings definitely do not match their neighbours.

A great architectural flavour is produced from the mix of times and fashions that are so readily found so close together here. On foot you pass from one apparent time zone into another. You enter into pubs that have high open ceilings revealing aged timber supports or browse through products in modern squared walls with boutique lighting in the many shops. The old and the new seem to flow one into the other until you are no longer surprised to find new interiors in old structures or to discover the old frames and fittings hidden by newly fashioned exteriors. York on foot is a step worth taking.

HD YouTube Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4uL5XwlMuA

Fickr Gallery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/sets/72157625196854140/

Soundtrack

Tim Gould on Mountain Dulcimer Shady Grove (Matty Groves) & Blackberry Blossom & Black Mountain Rag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE9DT6xguA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdmS-t3nc0