During these locked down times, I am a flaneuse: with camera at the ready, I wend my ways through Melbourne's streets and laneways. Within my 5km radius, there are many joyful and interesting encounters.
This mural called 'Maxwell' by SK3AM and Jinks1 is a tribute to the mathematician James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), painted 2017 and an entry in the Sulman Award 2019, an Australian art prize run concurrently with the Archibald Portrait Prize.
The wall background is blue but I liked the photo in B&W.
Just love this, and your narrative. I had to look up "flaneuse", what a great description, I think I shall join the club, I love wondering around city streets and just observing!
Thankyou for your comments and I am glad the concept of a flâneuse struck a chord with you. I love the word and I think it ties really well with the whole walking to photograph. The original concept of flâneur, applied to men, often literary men. There's a wonderful book by Lauren Elkin, 'Flâneuse: Women walk the city in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London' dealing with the concept.
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