I disagree with this statement but digital media types and professors of cinema seem to think so. So here are some pictures.
Lame reference, but I think it was a Rod Stewart album (who is not always lame but has dabbled in lameness, begging the question of whether it is better to burn out than to fade away, as many artists with longevity tend to do) that said "every picture tells a story." Well, the sentiment was not new when old Rod invoked it, and for me, allow me to say that I am not exactly Annie Leibovitz. Still, I hope you enjoy what you see here. Also, my phone has a great habit of duplicating pictures and making small copies, then repeated copies. I have tried my best to eliminate redundancies. The pictures on my real camera can't be uploaded since I thought the USB for my phone also fit the camera and it doesn't, and evidently that type of USB doesn't exist here.
La Alhambra
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| All business |
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| Lighthearted |
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| Whaddyou lookin at |
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| Young Arsenal midfielder Rosicky exiting the Palace of Nazari |
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| Should have waited for that guy to move |
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| This is currently the wallpaper on my phone |
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| Exquisite ceiling of the Palace of Nazari done in typical mudéjar style |
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| View of Granada from La Alhambra |
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| A different view of Granada |
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| Cycling country as seen from an ancient palace |
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| The four flags of the Alhambra again |
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| Chapel I forget the name of and Carlos V palace |
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| Palace of Carlos V. Nice digs Charlie |
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| Same forgotten chapel (still operational) |
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| Me and an arch, together at last |
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| Best picture yet. The Alhambra's septic tank? |
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| Inside the alcázar |
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| Me and the four flags of the Alhambra: Europe, Andalucía, Spain, and the province of Granada (not Portugal!) |
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| In the coliseum, like the Tom Waits song |
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| Add caption |
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| The ceiling of the Palace of Nazari |
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| More typical tile work |
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| View of the Generalife |
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| Another view of the Generalife |
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| Gardens of the Generalife |
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| More of the gardens of the Generalife |
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| The picture doesn't do it justice, but a woman was in tears in this garden at the Generalife |
"Hey Napoleon, wanna see my video?"
I don't know how to format these so some are sideways. Sorry. In cinematic terms, that is known as an aberrant shot, which traditionally suggests disequilibrium, and is used to great effect by Hitchcock. Feel free to draw your own conclusion based on your own content analysis.
This looks like it was filmed by Yoko Ono- aka the filming sucks. You can catch a little of a guy playing some flamenco. This was in Granada.
More very bad filming- including a studied shot of my Adam's apple- inside the Iglesia de Santa Bárbara in Sevilla.
More proof that I am not Federico Fellini. This is another snippet of flamenco filmed at a plaza in Granada. Should have filmed longer.
Me amusing myself at the Plaza de Espana, Sevilla
Excerpt of the national anthem from the European Cup celebration, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid
Some panoramic like motif inside the Torre de la Giralda, Sevilla
Inside the massive Catedral de Sevilla, the world's third or fourth largest, depending on who you ask
More of the Catedral de Sevilla...in picturesque Gary, Indiana. Wait...in Sevilla!
Use of curiously placed narcissistic mirror inside the Catedral de Sevilla, closing with symbolic flip-flop imagery
All right, that is probably enough for now since this takes forever. There are still many more that I will get around to posting. On an unrelated note I would like to personally extend the best of luck to Roger Federer tomorrow, that he may prolong Fred Perry's streak:
Fred Perry's punishing 1934 highlight reel
If you're reading this Roger, do it for yourself, but do it for Fred Perry! Look at that elegant stroke and masterly groomed coif!
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