German Photographer Looks To The Skies For Inspiration

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What do you see when you look around? A blue sky, maybe some birds and even an odd airplane or helicopter? German photographer Lisa Reinmen, saw all that and something else - the letter q, formed by the curve of a lovely courtyard and a narrow street that led to it.

This one alphabet got her so excited that she began scouring the city for the rest - It took six months of meandering down the streets of Barcelona and a lot of neck craning, but the result as you can see, was quite stunning.

The 30-year old photographer from Essen, Germany has compiled her alphabet pictures into a book entitled 'Type The Sky', which she published about two years ago. Since then, she has been scouring other cities in Europe to try repeat her alphabet magic, but has so far, found very little success - In Berlin, the streets and houses were too far apart.

New York was a non-starter because the buildings are set up like a checker board. The only place she has had partial success was in Florence, where she was able find the letters to the word Grazie, to thank the locals for attending her exhibition. The lack of success doesn't deter Lisa, who keeps searching the skies and everything around her, wherever she heads in search of more alphabets.

Sources: webdesignerdepot.com, dailymail.co.uk

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  • taterz10about 15 years
    awesome
    • Same with Crystalabout 15 years
      why would they put it here??
      • pokegirlabout 15 years
        wow this is so cool i think i saw this in Ripleys believe it or not
        • pinklyabout 15 years
          that looks sooooo awsome it must of been so hard to find these images in the buildings
          • technoabout 15 years
            Very creative! I love looking at things in new ways.
            • kidabout 15 years
              cool yeah
              • Internet Stalkerabout 15 years
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                • baileyabout 15 years
                  i think this story is cool and interesting. its good to learn about different things, i like it.
                  • Crystalabout 15 years
                    i dont get it. y would they post something like this on here?
                    • adriannaabout 15 years
                      cool!!!