i use a camera and my imagination;
good luck mostly, patience pays off occasionally;
i'm sharing what i see as i meander around north africa, the middle east and europe;
ronch@acertainblindness.com.au
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oman mirbat abandoned
oil painting, squat

oil painting, squat

oman mirbat texture abandoned bursting at the seams
oil painting, abandoned house

oil painting, abandoned house

oman mirbat abandoned texture
brothers in arms

brothers in arms

oman salalah black and white captured without consent street bursting at the seams labour photocrati
hybrid bike it went like this: cool bicycle (using the formal arabic word for bicycle) huh? your bike, it’s cool. what is it called? cycle. it’s called cycle (the name for bicycle in omani arabic) it’s cool thanks how did you make it? well, i took a big new cycle, then changed the front so it would be smaller yeah then i got iron added (a strip of iron wrapped around the back tire which makes an awesome noise when you drift the bike), then i painted it white, then i changed the colour and then i changed the handle bars cool. i’ve never seen a cycle like this in all my life. it’s the coolest cycle ever yeah (lit. ‘normal, normal’) he rides off - almost hitting another cyclist - and drifts around the corner… watch out! yeah (‘normal, normal’)

hybrid bike

it went like this:

cool bicycle (using the formal arabic word for bicycle)

huh?

your bike, it’s cool. what is it called?

cycle. it’s called cycle (the name for bicycle in omani arabic)

it’s cool

thanks

how did you make it?

well, i took a big new cycle, then changed the front so it would be smaller

yeah

then i got iron added (a strip of iron wrapped around the back tire which makes an awesome noise when you drift the bike), then i painted it white, then i changed the colour and then i changed the handle bars

cool. i’ve never seen a cycle like this in all my life. it’s the coolest cycle ever

yeah (lit. ‘normal, normal’)

he rides off - almost hitting another cyclist - and drifts around the corner…

watch out!

yeah (‘normal, normal’)

captured with consent found object i don't know how to explain this mirbat oman street text
oil textures on a cafe wall

oil textures on a cafe wall

oman mirbat texture abandoned typography graffiti
waste land

waste land

found object haima hitchhiking landscape oman typography abandoned
intersection

intersection

oman juba landscape
shipwreck beach

shipwreck beach

abandoned black and white found object masirah island oman landscape flying pigeons
now you’re watching — foreign labour

now you’re watching — foreign labour

oman masirah island bursting at the seams labour photocrati