People & Faces
Mick Keelty's Potato Face ...If Keelty is concerned by the public's lack of gratitude, he keeps it close to his chest. But then Keelty rarely betrays his private feelings, at least in public. He wears his sombre, pale, Irish-potato face like a mask...
Ségolène Royal not an elephant...There's a reason that the leaders of France's Socialist Party are called "elephants": They live forever....
Architecture
Dubai: skyline on crack...The Dubai skyline is like no other. Silhouettes of cities come into being over the course of centuries. Here, where a few buildings rose from the dirt 15 years ago, countless structures now crowd the land and gasp for what space remains....
India Unleashed...On India's National Highway 56, the poverty is piceresque and everyday life is a near-death experience. Rickshaw wallahs strain at their pedals, hauling tin trailers crammed with school children....
The foyer....According to one industry analyst, Nine is like the foyer of a 1980s international hotel...
Nature
Mystic River....The Franklin is beautiful. Beautiful as we saw it first from the towering height of Mount McCall: a bright ribbon of water frilled with white, lacy rapids...
People and Faces: Foyer Contrasts
This is a brief example of how architectural detail can translate into cultural description and suddenly add both descriptive colour and a layer of meaning to the piece.
It is from Kate Legge's Australian Magazine (13/05/2006) profile of Eddie McGuire just after he took up the reins at Nine. It of course begins by recounting the current ratings war between the two TV Network's Seven and NIne
According to one industry analyst, Nine is like the foyer of a 1980s international hotel, its furnishings dated in shades of brown velvet, cigarette smoke clinging to the carpet. Seven, by contrast, is said to be hip, fresh, bright and lively.
