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Yes, "Very Places", there is no mistake. For those of you who are familiar with the notion of "Non-Places", good for you. For those of you who don't, just read the title of this page as "Places".
 
Once I was lying in bed feeling an energy deficit and I decided to look for pictures of beautiful, inspiring and special places that I've been to. Pictures that would transport me somewhere where I have already been and would like to go back...

cielo.jpg

"When an international flight crosses Saudi Arabia, the hostess announces that during the overflight the drinking of alcohol will be forbidden in the aircraft. This signifies the intrusion of territory into space. Land=society=nation=culture=religion: the equation of anthropological place, fleeting inscribed in space. Returning after an hour or so to the non-place of space, escaping from the totalitarian constraints of place, will be just like a return to something resembling freedom."
                                                                                                                                     ---Marc Auge

sabana.jpg

calanques.jpg

cottage.jpg

innocentscala.jpg

nieveroad.jpg

playaancha.jpg

ropavenice.jpg

venicefuente.jpg

vevicecanal.jpg

villa.jpg

vista1.jpg

copen.jpg

helsinki.jpg

marseillehouse.jpg

picnictown.jpg

topchurchmarseille.jpg

versailles.jpg

topchurchvenice.jpg

viejopueblo.jpg

France, Colombia, The Netherlands, Finland, Italy...it doesn't matter where they are. They are just sparkling pieces of land that made an impression on me.