Lloyd Rees got it right...

"A city is the greatest work of art possible", he said.

The beauty of the city is fundamentally experiential. Here, the attempt is to capture to some extent, the city experience. I am constantly struck by how one city can remind me strongly of another - and often, for the subtlest of reasons.

This series is a compilation of pictures taken over 3 years, in five cities separated by both geography and culture. Each picture is subtly or overtly connected to at least one other (though details may require viewing the images in original size by clicking). An example - the street car wires in San Francisco evoke the wire web above Bombay. Another example - Rectangular highrises dominate cities across 3 continents, and though they are often drab concrete towers, when seen from a distance, from nearby, or up close (in New York, Hong Kong and Sydney) they become the iconic image of the city. There are several other connections...and they are the reason Lloyd Rees was right!

San Francisco: Market street on a chilly spring night

Hong Kong: Central

New York: the BQE heading toward La Guardia

Sydney: the CBD.

Bombay: Fort Market on a weekday afternoon