'All the nightmares came today'. As Bowie wrote in 'Oh! You Pretty Things', the shadows created by early evening sunlight have produced the image of a horned monster amidst the alien shapes on the roof of Gaudi's former home.In the shadows: a visitor poses for a photograph amidst shapes which defy categorisation.A visitor climbs the steps silhouetted against a number of strange shapesThe bluest skyLooking out beyond the rooftops above a face which appears to belong in a French cartoonOrange and a blue skyThe sinister figures which stand sentinel as the sun setsA visitor with head in hands away from the crowdsTerracotta and white mosaic with a whisper of feint cloudsTaking a 'selfie', of course.Blue and terracotta and....the Sagrada FamiliaA Jaume Plensa statue above all elseA visitor stands alone as the sun casts the last of its brightness for the dayA man in blackA visitor sits aloneDusk creeps darkly onto the edge of the photograph providing even deeper shadows.A last lookPicasso's inspiration?
Simon Allen is a street photographer, having traveled to New York, Rome, London, Manchester, Bologna, Naples and Melbourne, amongst many other major world cities, representing the real wonder of the urban environment through his photography.
