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I am a camera
Articles, journal entries and images reflecting on places, often cities. The title is lifted from Christopher Isherwood: “I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.”
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Feb 13, 2022
Towards a blueprint for the suburbs, and the centres
A radio interview on the Australian city, suburbs…
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Aug 30, 2021
Small vehicles of Sandhamn
How a picturesque island setting for a small Swedish follow-up to
Small…
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Aug 13, 2021
Truly public space rather than technically public space: making ‘platforms for outdoor gathering’
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Nov 14, 2011
Darlinghurst morning
0830 14 November 2011, Kirketon Hotel, Darlinghurst Road, Sydney / 0930 Kings
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Feb 12, 2011
Snowfall, Helsinki
Feeling the 40ºC swing from Sydney to Helsinki in 24 hours, and listening to the…
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Feb 9, 2020
Sheffield: architecture and morality, ruins and austerity
Wandering around Park Hill, July 2011
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Oct 6, 2010
‘Nairn’s London’, by Ian Nairn (1966)
The best guide book to London is not really a guide book to…
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Feb 13, 2005
‘The Bloody Streets of Paris’ and ‘5 Is the Perfect Number’
Two recent comic books conjuring the…
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Jul 5, 2006
The city doesn’t need a sky
‘The Pushman and Other Stories’, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (1969)
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Dan Hill
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I am a camera
Feb 22, 2013
‘Watch Dogs’ and world creation
The no-narrative narrative of a videogame city
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