Friday, 19 March 2010

Friday Flaneur (4) - Munching music


An earnest folk-singer, in cavernous Martin Place, competes with a “burger with-the-lot”, for the attention of lunch time strollers. Better were she a plate juggling sword swallower, than guitar player.


Flaneur (n). A person who strolls the city in order to appreciate it.
Are YOU a flaneur - a la Baudelaire or Sontag?
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23 comments:

  1. JanetMarch 19, 2010 12:08 am

    I wonder what she is singing. She looks quite serious!

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  2. brattcatMarch 19, 2010 1:08 am

    Beautiful shots of a beautiful girl gripped in the fist of her art. Sontag, I think. And you?

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  3. JamesMarch 19, 2010 1:23 am

    Did you like her singing or would you rather enjoy try to enjoy your burger in peace? You did a fine job of capturing her. She could do well to use your post for promotion.

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  4. VirginiaMarch 19, 2010 1:41 am

    What a marvelous portrait and the color is wonderful . Oui je suis une flanuer!

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  5. Jørgen CarlsenMarch 19, 2010 3:28 am

    Strong personality, I think.

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  6. MarlaMarch 19, 2010 3:34 am

    I am definately a Flaneur

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  7. Regina March 19, 2010 4:14 am

    Excellent captures Julie.
    Have a wonderful weekend.

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  8. Piyush GaryaliMarch 19, 2010 7:41 am

    She does look into it :) Nice shots Julie !

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  9. BillMarch 19, 2010 8:24 am

    Nicely capture. I can just hear her.

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  10. JimMarch 19, 2010 8:25 am

    She has a good backdrop with the Matrix fountain. I don't know what it's really called; I just call it that because it appeared in the Matrix movies.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  11. DavineMarch 19, 2010 9:00 am

    I an definately a Flaneur. These photos have such beautiful colour.

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  12. JulieMarch 19, 2010 9:10 am

    Jim, I am not sure if this is the official name, but according to the website of Waterforms who undertook the refurbishment in 1997, it is the Lloyd Rees Memorial Fountain.

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  13. MarkaMarch 19, 2010 11:19 am

    Seems to me that just playing guitar might have worked better.

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  14. tapirgalMarch 19, 2010 2:48 pm

    Jugglers are fine, but I'd be just as happy to hear a guitar and song.

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  15. diane bMarch 19, 2010 3:18 pm

    I'd rather have gutar players decorating our streets rather than sword swallowers.

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  16. JillyMarch 19, 2010 4:43 pm

    Love her portrait (s) - you've really captured her intensity and emotion. She's well set up with electricity it seems, microphone - electric guitar.

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  17. MirelaMarch 19, 2010 5:05 pm

    Does the driving count too? I'm definitely a flaneur... in European cities I tend to stroll, while in Seattle I used to drive around its hilly neighborhoods... just because :).

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  18. virtualDavisMarch 20, 2010 1:09 am

    Once and always a flaneur - a la Baudelaire and a la Sontag - I'm drawn to your candor, your unflinching shutter, your twinge of humor.

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  19. JulieMarch 20, 2010 5:45 am

    Davis, I am drawn to comments like that. But you only list Twitter!

    BC, I shall address your Sontag query in next week's Flaneur post.

    Mirela (and others), I am not convinced that I driver can be a flaneur, although I accept that YOU may think that. Being a flaneur requires being immersed, thoughtful, and sauntering.

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  20. michael birdMarch 20, 2010 6:34 am

    Would have very much enjoyed coming upon this songster. Think I am a flaneur but need to do some more reading on it...

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  21. AnonymousMarch 21, 2010 4:49 am

    J'aime bien cette série d'une jolie musicienne!!
    Bye Julie

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  22. JulieMarch 21, 2010 5:43 am

    Merci Serge. J'ai aussi un musicien pour la semaine prochaine.

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  23. Joan ElizabethMarch 22, 2010 10:01 pm

    I'm a flaneur in the bush but not really in the city. I like the top shot with the fountain in the background.

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