Love, Hate and Want

<p>Not Cams, not that special someone(s) but cities!...specifically, cities for great street photography. Name three cities or localities you have been to that you absolutely loved, three you hated (or didn't meet your expectations, photographically speaking) and finally, three that you want to go. Only rule is you can not pick a city/place in your home country. </p>

<p>I'll start: Home = US<br>

in random order: </p>

<p><em><strong>LOVE:</strong></em></p>

<p>1. Bangkok<br>

2. Mexico City<br>

3. Siem Reap / Hanoi (they are small enough)</p>

<p><em><strong>HATE:</strong></em></p>

<p>1. Toronto<br>

2. Seoul<br>

3. Jakarta</p>

<p><strong><em>WANT:</em></strong></p>

<p>1. Karachi<br>

2. Tehran<br>

3. Istanbul<br>

4. Havana<br>

5. Sao Paulo</p>

 

<p>Home, I now live in Germany but I'm Italian, so which one is my home country?<br>

Love: Paris, above any other. Buenos Aires. London. Delhi. If I could pick a place in Italy Rome would be very high in the list.<br>

Hate: Santa Fe. Stuttgart. Rio de Janeiro<br>

Want to go: New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Mexico City, Sidney.</p>

<p>Could I go beyond 3? If not, cut my lists at the third one ;-)</p>

<p>L.</p>

<p><strong>LOVE</strong><br>

1. New York<br>

2. San Francisco<br>

<strong>HATE</strong><br>

1. Most of Orange County , CA<br>

<strong>LOVE/HATE</strong><br>

1. Los Angeles - depending on when and where<br>

<strong>WANT</strong><br>

1. More New York<br>

2. Washington D.C.<br>

3. Tokyo<br>

4. London<br>

5. Paris<br>

6. Barcelona<br>

7. Buenas Aires<br>

8. Havanna <br>

etc etc</p>

LOVE: New York City, Isle Mujeres, Mexico, and Washington DC

HATE: Reading, Pa( my home town which is just too dangerous to shoot)

WANT: Paris, San Francisco, New Orleans

<p><strong>Love</strong>:<br>

Jakarta,<br>

Bangkok,<br>

Manila (great activity and life on the street - dirty, confused, vibrant)<br>

<strong>Hate</strong>:<br>

San Diego,<br>

US Suburbia/Malls, (little activity and extremely sterile)<br>

<strong>Want To Go:</strong><br>

London,<br>

New York,<br>

Boston</p>

<p>Take into account that some of these were 40 years ago, they may have gotten better (or worse) since.<br>

Home: US<br>

<strong>Love:</strong><br>

1. Beijing<br>

2. Athens, Greece<br>

3. Rabat, Morocco<br>

<strong>Hate:</strong><br>

1. Bombay (Mumbai)<br>

2. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia<br>

3. Karachi<br>

<strong>Want:</strong><br>

1. Tokyo<br>

2. Lhasa<br>

3. Xi'an</p>

<p>Home = Singapore (Australian)<br>

<strong>Love</strong></p>

<ol>

<li>Manila (Philippines in gerneral would have to be my all time favouite)</li>

<li>Tokyo</li>

<li>Mumbai</li>

</ol>

<p><strong>Hate</strong></p>

<ol>

<li>Seoul</li>

<li>Pretty much all western cities (just lacks any photographic interest)</li>

</ol>

<p><strong>Want</strong></p>

<ol>

<li>Kandahar</li>

<li>Kashgar</li>

<li>Himachal Predesh</li>

</ol>

<p>I've really only done most of my shooting in LA. I did shoot a little in San Diego and one afternoon in San Francisco. I'd like to shoot in New York city but a relative I have who lives there never replied to my inquiry about staying with her for a week. NY is too expensive for me to stay any longer then a couple days. That being the case I'll probably do some more extensive shooting in San Francisco later this year. Tokyo is another city I'd love to stay awhile in for some shooting but like NY, it's just too expensive for me to stay any longer then a couple of days. A couple days in either city is probably how long it would probably take me to get over my jet lag and get settled and get a feel for the city.</p>

<p><strong>HOME</strong>.Toronto Canada<br>

<strong>Love</strong>.<br>

New York.(Shooting in NYC allmost seems like cheating!.Its just so easy).<br>

San Francisco<br>

Paris.<br>

<strong>Hate.(</strong>Hate seems like to strong a statement,Maybe takes more effort than is usual)<br>

Los Angelos<br>

Orlando<br>

Cape Town<br>

<strong>Wants </strong>.<br>

More Paris,New York,New Orleans<br>

Dublin<br>

Hong Kong</p>

 

<p>Home - Toronto, Canada<br>

Love<br>

1. Istanbul<br>

2. Romania<br>

3. Greece<br>

Hate not having a camera with me at the most opportune time.<br>

Want<br>

1. Cuba! (I want it bad!...for the vibrant colors, amazing people, cars and old buildings)<br>

2. Mumbai (If you've ever people watched in India..you know why Mumbai's on my list)<br>

3. Peru - Machu Pichu (for the landscape) </p>

<p>I have not travelled much since I have gotten interested in street photography, but am lucky to live near New Orleans. For those of you have New Orleans on your list of wants, I highly recommend this city. For those of you who don't have New orleans on your list of wants, I highly recommend this city. Lots of interesting characters!</p>

<p>Ditto for New Orleans.The only truly "foriegn city" in the USA.Spent a wonderful week there several years ago.But beware the fantastic food,entertainment and liberal beverages will impact your photography!.</p>

<p>Love:<br>

Venice<br>

Venice<br>

Venice<br>

Paris<br>

Berlin<br>

London<br>

Prague<br>

Isle Sur La Sorgue, France<br>

Spoleto, Italy<br>

New York<br>

Chicago<br>

New Orleans</p>

<p>I'm not much of a hater (or a rules-follower)</p>

<p>Want:<br>

More, more, more</p>

 

<p><em><strong>Places mentioned more than once thus far: </strong></em></p>

<p><em><strong>L_O_V_E:</strong></em><br>

<em><strong> </strong></em><br>

Paris <br>

Mumbai<br>

Bangkok<br>

Manila<br>

New York city<br>

San Francisco<br>

New Orleans</p>

<p><em><strong>H_A_T_E:</strong></em></p>

<p>Seoul<br>

Los Angeles<br>

US Suburbs/ Malls</p>

<p><em><strong>W_A_N_T:</strong></em></p>

<p>London<br>

Paris<br>

Tokyo<br>

Havana</p>

<p><em> <br /></em></p>

<p><strong>Luca Sbordone@</strong> Forget the rules. I just didn't want it to be US centric...I knew I was going to get NYC and SF from most every American photog. I wanted more variety, more of a world list.<br /> <strong></strong><br /> <strong>Marc Todd @</strong> I hear you guy. NYC and Tokyo certainly are pricey but there are many other places good for street photography. Besides, there are ways if you want it bad enough...have a look at www.couchsurfing.org if you haven't.<br /> <strong></strong><br /> <strong>Linda McLellan@</strong> Hope you get to travel and shoot.<br /> <strong></strong><br /> <strong>Craig Cooper @</strong> I agree. Once you spent any significant time in Asia, most western cities will be pretty boring.</p>

<p>LOVE<br>

Paris<br>

Lagos<br>

Kinshasa<br>

Amsterdam<br>

Marseille</p>

<p>HATE<br>

Walmart</p>

<p>WANT<br>

Debre Damo<br>

Moscow<br>

Jerusalem<br>

Mecca<br>

Varanasi<br>

Harare</p>

 

<p><strong>Home = Cambridge UK</strong><br>

<strong>Loves</strong><br>

London (my birthplace)<br>

Boston USA<br>

Paris<br>

Berlin<br>

Venice<br>

Many other European cities<br>

<strong>Hates</strong> - no real hates, except soulless small towns<br>

<strong>Want to go to</strong><br>

Many more European/Asian cities (but I now get bored flying!)</p>

 

<p><strong>Love</strong><br>

Where ever people, cigars & cheap dive bars are located.<br>

<strong>Hates</strong><br>

Nothing really, just have to becare around holy ground. That whole bursting into flames things.</p>

<p><strong>Want to go</strong><br>

Tokyo<br>

Romania<br>

Armona Ca<br>

Antarctic for SI shoot</p>

<p><strong>Home:</strong> Chile</p>

<p><strong>Love:</strong><br>

Lisbon<br>

Berlin<br>

Amsterdam</p>

<p><strong>Hate:</strong><br>

Mendoza<br>

Barcelona<br>

Katowice</p>

<p><strong>Want:</strong><br>

Lisbon (again!)<br>

Ulan Bator<br>

Warszawa<br>

San Petersburgo<br>

Oslo</p>

<p>Home: Papua New Guinea<br>

Love:<br>

a. Bangkok<br>

b. Singapore<br>

c. Cannes</p>

<p>hate:<br>

a. Brisbane<br>

b. Honiara<br>

c. Manila</p>

<p>want:<br>

a. Jerusalem<br>

b. Ulaan Batar<br>

c. Caracas - because a lot of Miss Universes come from Venezuela haha...</p>

<p>Hate sites ought to be banned! i hate smart a's more than hate sites.</p>

<p>I live in Raleigh, NC. But I<br>

Love:<br>

London<br>

Paris<br>

Tokyo<br>

Jaipur<br>

Venice<br>

Bologna<br>

and of course NYC<br>

Hate:<br>

I hate any place I haven't been but where someone else gets great shots. I think people are people and if you can't get the shots you want its you and not the place.<br>

Want:<br>

Rome<br>

Dublin<br>

more of Asia</p>

 

<p>Live: In beautiful Quebec City region (surprised nobody has mentioned it - great for street shooting and architecture)<br /> <strong>Like</strong><br /> Unknown and intriguing places; also Portugese cities and towns; Honfleur, Troye, Perpignan, Collioure, Marseilles, Paris, Medieval French cities, villages; Savannah, Georgia; Dutch cities; markets in villages; Edinborough, Chester, Ludlow;<br /> <strong>Dislike</strong><br /> Many faceless modern cities in North America and their cookie-cutter suburbs (except people, who are often quite interesting);<br /> Shopping centres, malls, anywhere; <br /> <strong>Wish</strong><br /> Any intriguing and different city; different cultures; cities of people with dignity and tradition;<br /> Enhanced subjective creative approach in my photography, enhanced fantasy of vision and new ways of photographing people and places;<br /> The ability to stretch the limits of photography and going beyond "déja vu"</p>

<p>P.S., in list of likes, saw someone mentioned Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in Provence. Great place, great market. In the same area, Cordes, Roussilion, Le Thor and St-Remy are all good steet shooting destinations in southern France.</p>

<p>Home: Eureka, Ca. (+++Good)<br>

Love:<br>

San Francisco<br>

Berkeley<br>

Venice<br>

Paris<br>

Portland<br>

Seattle<br>

Vancouver<br>

NOT SO MUCH LOVE:<br>

Los Angeles<br>

Austin<br>

Atlanta<br>

NYC<br>

Toronto<br>

Rome<br>

Topeka</p>