Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Spice Market

The Egyptian Market

Spices, dried fruits, nuts and seeds, lokum (Turkish Delight), most of the shops in Istanbul's Misir Çarsisi.


Hasircilar Caddesi, running west from the market building, is particularly colorful, with lots more shops selling spices, snacks and housewares.


Situated at the southern end of the Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn in the Eminönü district, right next to the Yeni Cami (New Mosque).

Overview of the Egyptian Market.


Tobacco seller.


Pigeon's food seller.

Photography by Nuno Goncalves. Istanbul, Turkey 2006.

The heart of historic Old Istanbul

The Sultanahmet district
Would you like to taste the flavour of Istanbul? Cherry juice street seller's.


Overview of Aya Sofia.


Take a break and seat down.


With the compliments of the house.


Muslim family.


Sultanahmet Bazaar.


Chestnut seller, night shift.

Photography by Nuno Goncalves. Istanbul, Turkey 2006.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Kapali Carsi - Grand Bazaar

The Grand Bazaar is a combination of over 4000 shops, restaurants, mosques, banks, with it's own police station and miles of passage ways, which makes the Grand Bazaar a town within the city.


Over view of one of the Grand Bazaar passage ways.


Detail of a cotton wool shop.

Detail of a chandelier shop.


Meerschaum pipes and jewellery shop.

Turkish carpets are everywhere.


Glazed tiles and pottery shop.


One of the main entrances to the Grand Bazaar, the largest covered market in Turkey.

Photography by Nuno Goncalves. Istanbul, turkey 2006.

The nearest Asian city to Europe and the nearest European city to Asia

Old turkish flag hanging from a window.


View of an old house with drying clothes hanging outside.


Kebab, sir?


A view of the Ragip Gumuspala Avenue heading towards Ataturk Koprusu (bridge).


Turkish flags.


Ols style quiosque in Sultanameht district, Istanbul.


Detail of a street light with the symbol of Turkey.


Lunch break.


Orange and pomegrenate squeeze juice.



Plates illustrating the genuine turkish porcelain.

Photography by Nuno Goncalves. Istanbul, Turkey 2006.

Friday, November 03, 2006

Only in Great Britain!!!

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Photography by Nuno Goncalves. Belfast, Northern Ireland 2006.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

You are now entering loyalist Sandy Row!

Loyalist reproduction of Free Derry corner, with a masked and armed loyalist figure and two clenched red hands. Linfield Road, Sandy Row, Belfast.


Ulster First Flute


Armed loyalists of South Belfast UFF Sandy Row with UDA emblem. Blythe Street, Belfast


Street Art
Street Art II


The level of skills of the artists is notable.


Almost 2000 murals have been documented in Northern Ireland since 1970.


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Mural devoted to the Irish Football Association.


Photography by Nuno Goncalves. Belfast, Northern Ireland 2006.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Tallest structure in Dublin city centre






The Dublin Spire was the winning entry in an architectural competition to provide a replacement for Nelson's Pillar which was blown up in 1966. After a planning appeal and a High Court case, the Spire finally got the go ahead. It was erected between December 2002 and January 2003 to great public excitement. Archiseek has construction photographs.

The column to the memory of Nelson, which was one hundred and thirty-four feet high, was erected in 1808, the foundation stone having been laid by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Lieutenant, on the 5th of February in that year. William Wilkins of Norwich designed it, but the statue of Nelson is by an Irish sculptor, Thomas Kirk, R.H.A. Nelson's Pillar was erected by public subscription and cost £6,856. It was blown up in 1966 in the middle of the night, but the head of Nelson has been preserved by the Dublin Civic Museum.

The Dublin Spire is one hundred and twenty metres tall, making it by far the tallest structure in Dublin city centre. It is three metres wide at the base and tapers to a 15 centimentre wide beacon at the top. The top section is perforated and lit by small LEDs.

http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/northcity/oconnell_street/spire.html

Photography by Nuno Goncalves, with a Fisheye Camera. Dublin, Ireland 2006.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Giant Girl Doll

this has gotta be one of the coolest, scariest, creepiest thing i have ever seen...

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Tsukiji - The biggest fish market in the world

Transporters carry the precious fish to the fishmongers.

Inside the fish market

More than 715 thousand tonnes of fish per year are prepared in Tsukiji.

The mussels are huge as you can see by the size of the knife.

A market without shrimps it's not a market.


Fish is a basic ingridient of any japanese meal.

Hell it's very appreciated by all japanese.

The size of the squids it's impressive.


It's not only a men's job.

You can find all the kinds of fish in this market.


The preparation of the fish is a real art.


General view of the market.


You can find beautiful octopus.


Tuna fish is the biggest attraction of the market.


Tuna fish being cut.


Tuna is cut and prepared to be frozen.

Tuna is prepared everywhere.

The fish is prepared carefully by experienced people.


The rest of the warrior.


Colourful cars carry the fish around the market.


The skills come with years of experience.


The account is very important for the business.


Tuna head's

Around the market you can find restaurants with a various menu of fish dishes.

Around 10 o'clock, the market is almost empty.

Photography by Nuno Goncalves. Tokyo, Japan 2005.