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Roody
04-18-12, 09:24 PM
All over the world, everyday cyclists are extraordinary people! :)


When they started the project, Bicycle Portraits aimed to be a study of South African commuter culture, and they wanted to find out who rides bicycles, why they ride bicycles, if and why they love their bicycles, and of course why so few South Africans choose bicycles as a transport option. But Bicycle Portraits has turned into a portrait of a nation through the bicycles that they own and ride every day - revealing all manner of social, class, historical and cultural nuances never imagined.


http://www.dayonepublications.com/Bicycle_Portraits/Home.html




http://www.dayonepublications.com/Bicycle_Portraits/Home_files/elias_nkeleku_9474.jpghttp://www.dayonepublications.com/Bicycle_Portraits/Home_files/tanki_mohapeloa_9058.jpghttp://www.dayonepublications.com/Bicycle_Portraits/Home_files/mahomed_saleem_ayob_0057.jpg

Scheherezade
04-18-12, 10:08 PM
Wow, this was a pleasure to dig through.

Really wonderful vignettes.
gerv
04-19-12, 05:14 PM
Nice job... the text is a little hard to read... too light. Otherwise I'd probably get through a lot more of it.

Roody
04-20-12, 09:50 AM
Nice job... the text is a little hard to read... too light. Otherwise I'd probably get through a lot more of it.

yeah, I've noticed that as I get older, all the text gets smaller and lighter. ;)

CTL+ has become my favorite tool on the computer.
gerv
04-21-12, 09:04 AM
Yes I'm all over CTRL + to make the text larger.

However in this case the designer probably wanted to make the text a little harder to read so you'd buy the book. I don't think there's any way around it unless you copy the text and move it to an editor (Notepad in windows..say). Or viewed source.

A lot of trouble.
nrowensby
04-21-12, 09:17 AM
Wow, this was a pleasure to dig through.

Really wonderful vignettes.

Don't see any vignetting, but great photos... :D
Roody
04-21-12, 05:13 PM
Don't see any vignetting, but great photos... :D

Every picture tells a story don't it?
nrowensby
04-21-12, 05:23 PM
My bad... I was thinking of the photography sense of the word. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting
Artkansas
04-22-12, 06:37 AM
yeah, I've noticed that as I get older, all the text gets smaller and lighter. ;)

I inherited my mother's magnifying glass and I find it more and more useful.
Artkansas
04-22-12, 06:41 AM
This is hard-core cycling!

http://www.dayonepublications.com/Bicycle_Portraits/Wilma_Plaatjies_and_Rico_Syster_files/wilma_plaatjies_rico_syster_1769s.jpg

No chain, no tires, no brake, no seat but they still go bicycling.
Roody
04-22-12, 05:11 PM
This is hard-core cycling!

No chain, no tires, no brake, no seat but they still go bicycling.

Man I wish those kids lived around here. I would love to help them get their bike running.