These are not the result of a clone tool in Photoshop – they are carefully cropped pictures of residential blocks in Hong Kong captured by German-born photographer Michael Wolf. In his most famous work, Wolf captures the mind-boggling density of our vertical city…
See also: Michael Wolf’s HK Cornerhouses and more architecture entries. For a glimpse of the claustrophobic realities of some of HK’s older buildings, click here.
See also: Michael Wolf’s HK Cornerhouses and more architecture entries. For a glimpse of the claustrophobic realities of some of HK’s older buildings, click here.
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these are beautiful photos. In a terrifying kind of way
these are beautiful photos. In a terrifying kind of way
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Beautiful photos. Very much part of the massive cookie cutter style of housing in Hong Kong.
Beautiful photos. Very much part of the massive cookie cutter style of housing in Hong Kong.
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Any chance to get these absolutely stunning photos in a wallpaper-like size?
Any chance to get these absolutely stunning photos in a wallpaper-like size?
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hello, this reply is coming a bit late, but the images i have found on another website are in very large, HD res
here is an example of one of them
http://www.christopheguye.com/assets/images/Michael%20Wolf/a20_48x58.jpg
im sure you can crop and resize the image to fit whatever your wallpaper resolution is
hello, this reply is coming a bit late, but the images i have found on another website are in very large, HD res
here is an example of one of them
http://www.christopheguye.com/assets/images/Michael%20Wolf/a20_48x58.jpg
im sure you can crop and resize the image to fit whatever your wallpaper resolution is
When I look at these, I think about how much open space and green land was spared, by building upwards instead of outwards.
When I look at these, I think about how much open space and green land was spared, by building upwards instead of outwards.
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Wow these are incredible!!!!!
Wow these are incredible!!!!!
I think this post was a real eye opener. I’ve traveled a lot but I’ve never been to Asia or HK. So Ive never seen anything like this. But this made me think of the movie the Matrix. Just fields of buildings. Really scary but incredibly interesting.
I think this post was a real eye opener. I’ve traveled a lot but I’ve never been to Asia or HK. So Ive never seen anything like this. But this made me think of the movie the Matrix. Just fields of buildings. Really scary but incredibly interesting.
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imagine the resource flow in humanure, anaerobically digested to Methane and a resulting top soil building fertilizer product (milorganite in US.?) from this dense a population?
imagine the resource flow in humanure, anaerobically digested to Methane and a resulting top soil building fertilizer product (milorganite in US.?) from this dense a population?
imagine the resource flow in humanure, anaerobically digested to Methane and a resulting top soil building fertilizer product (milorganite in US.?) from this dense a population?
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Hello Jin,
thank you for sharing the link. looks like they have been removed. do you still have them? would really really really appreciate it if you could email them to me.
Hello Jin,
thank you for sharing the link. looks like they have been removed. do you still have them? would really really really appreciate it if you could email them to me.
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