it's not a city but could be traveled over the course of a week: Thailand.
so different from north to south and has the most beautiful everything in the world!
Actually, Paris was mentioned three times on page one, and two times on page two, but every time in a list. I wondered when someone would mention Paris specifically. Thanks for the fact check, though, Derek
Well last summer on a train in between Amsterdam and Berlin, I met a photographer who has been around the world (it kills me that I lost his contact info though). I asked him what his thoughts were on this very idea, and he said that you will not find a more powerful, controversial or interesting city than Beirut ... particularly from all of the ethnic and religious hatred there.
While I myself have never been there, I would imagine it is no walk in the park ...
Havana, Cuba. I'm still mad I wasn't really into photography when I went there 7.5 years ago. Might go back anytime soon. I've never seen anything like it.
Lovesong wrote:
Adelaide, Seattle, and Budapest come to mind here.
Having lived most of my life in Seattle (except 2.5 years when I was in middle school, and my time in the Air Force), I love it here in the summer but am tired of the gloomy weather the other 9 months of the year.
Photographically, Seattle (and Vancouver, BC) have a great variety of cityscapes, neighborhoods, and suburbs, and are also close to mountains and oceans. Even in the summer you can drive and hour or less and be in deep snow, or you can walk out of your hotel and down to the waterfront to get on a boat, wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Our Chinatown isn't as big as San Francisco's, but you could spend several hours shooting there enjoyably, then take a bus up the bus tunnel to Westlake Center and walk to the Pike Place Market for several more hours, and then take the Monorail to the Seattle Center/Space Needle. Fisherman's Terminal and the Ballard Locks are a short drive/ride from downtown, as are the Woodland Park Zoo and the Arboretum and Japanese Garden. Lots of variety.
From Seattle you can take a day or two away to visit the rain forest of the Olympic National Park, then cross the Deception Pass Bridge and hit the village of Anacortes, the gateway to the San Juan Islands.
9 days and $5,000 dollars would be about right for a nice summer vacation covering the whole Puget Sound region.
But I wouldn't rate Seattle as "most photogenic city in the world" simply because so many cities have so much to offer, each in it's own way.
Pick one that will be a nice change of pace during the time and on the budget you have, and "make it photogenic," no matter where it is.
yes the old city of jerusalem (actually, scratch that and say the whole city of jerusalem) was the most amazing city i've been to so far, it was like literally EVERYTHING was worth taking a picture of
1. Venice, Italy
2. Cinque Terra region (its small enough to be considered a city)
3. Santorini, Greece
4. Rome, Italy
5. Paris, France
6. San Francisco, Ca
7. New York City
8. Crete, Greece
9. Singapore
10. Bangkok, Thailand
Milan - Florence (1 to 2 days)
Florence to Pisa to Siena (1 day, taking in San Gimignano and Chianti en route)
Siena - Rome (2 days to explore on foot)
Rome - Venice (2 days to explore on foot)
Venice - Milan via the Lakes (including Verona - 2 days)
Krosavcheg wrote:
For the adrenaline seekers: Chicago South Side.
Sure, if you like empty lots, boarded up project housing, liquor stores on every block and unemployed thugs roaming about.
The problem I have when trying to photograph Chicago is that the city is just too darned flat. There's, like, 2 hills in Illinois. Everything I photograph in the city is from the ground or, maybe, if I'm lucky, a couple feet up if there's a bench or something similar. It's just difficult to get photos of anything high than ground level.
