World, Art & Nature

Photo Gallery of Edward Akhmadullin

 

 

 World

Houston   ·   Antalya   ·   Almeria   ·   Saint Catherine   ·   Paris

The Flag of Texas. The Lone Star State takes its nickname from the single white star on its state flag   View from the 15th floor of the Greenway Plaza office complex, Houston   Grand Lux Cafe, Houston. American and international cuisine in an elegant European-inspired interior   Truck operated by Penske Truck Leasing, a leading provider of commercial vehicle leasing services, Houston   Hotel 36Sixty in Houston's Greenway–Upper Kirby district, close to the city centre

Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, an amusement park extending over the waters of Galveston Bay   ‘Join the Mission! NASA Needs You!’ poster at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston (2014)   Rest area beside the 13th hole at Tat International Golf Club, designed by the British firm Hawtree, Türkiye   Sunken aircraft wreck, one of the signature underwater displays at Antalya Aquarium, Türkiye   Grounds of a resort hotel in Belek, Antalya Province, Türkiye

Almería Cathedral, Spain, rebuilt after the Almedina Mosque was destroyed in the 1522 earthquake   Monument to Saint Christopher overlooking Almería (Spain), one of the city's best-known landmarks   The Alcazaba of Almería, a Moorish fortress founded by Emir Abd al-Rahman I in the 8th century, Spain   Almería City Hall at 10 Plaza de la Constitución, Andalusia, Spain   Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, founded in the 6th century AD and still active today

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, built in 1887–1889 to the design of Gustave Eiffel   Gilded sculpture of Pegasus and a nymph on Pont Alexandre III, symbol of the Franco-Russian Alliance, Paris   Notre-Dame de Paris on the Île de la Cité, built in 1163–1250   The Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and built in 1806–1836, Paris   La Madeleine, one of the finest examples of French Neoclassical architecture, Paris

Palais Garnier, Paris. Opera house designed by Charles Garnier and built in 1860–1875   Display window of Maison Maille, French mustard maker since 1747. 6 Place de la Madeleine, Paris   Rue Édouard VII viewed from Boulevard des Capucines, Paris   The Luxor Obelisk in Place de la Concorde, presented to France by Muhammad Ali in 1831, Paris   Quartier Latin, Paris. Junction of Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue Saint-Jacques

 

 

Art

Antiquity   ·   Renaissance   ·   Contemporary

West pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, depicting the Trojan War, c. 490 BC   Corner figures from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, c. 490 BC   Discobolus by Myron, c. 460–450 BC, one of the masterpieces of Classical Greek sculpture   Boy with a Thorn (Spinario), Roman bronze of the 1st century BC after a Greek original   The Farnese Bull, Roman marble copy of the 2nd century AD after a Greek original of the 1st century BC

Achaemenid column capital from the palace of Darius I at Susa, dating to the Achaemenid period (6th–4th centuries BC)   Athena Parthenos, Roman copy of the 2nd century AD after the lost statue by Phidias   Ancient statue of the River God Nile, discovered in Rome and now displayed in the Vatican Museums   Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni by Andrea del Verrocchio, Early Renaissance   High relief sculpture by James Pradier on the façade of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, created for the façade of the Palais Garnier, Paris   Nymph holding a lamp above her head. Rue Auber, Paris   Always One Step Ahead   Kiss   The Magician. Turtle Charmer

Cosmic Fantasy   A contemporary artistic interpretation inspired by Maya culture   Dream   The Woman in Yellow   Through the Sunlight

 

 

Nature

Animals   ·   Earth   ·   Moon   ·   Sun

The Toco Toucan of South America's tropical forests is recognised by its large, lightweight bill   The Blue-and-yellow Macaw, one of the world's largest parrots, is native to South America's tropical forests   Male House Sparrow. Wild birds typically live 2–4 years and often form stable breeding pairs   The Roman Snail is widespread across Europe. It typically lives 6–8 years in the wild and has a clockwise-coiled shell   The Roman Snail inhabits woodland edges, meadows and vineyards, overwintering underground

Mediterranean moray eels are known for their deep bites, which are prone to bacterial infection   Lookdown (Selene sp.). Its silvery, laterally compressed body provides effective camouflage in open water   Rays are close relatives of sharks, adapted for life on the seabed with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins   Sea anemones are soft-bodied marine polyps whose flower-like appearance conceals their predatory nature   Tyrannosaurus rex (reconstruction), one of the largest land predators, lived in North America 68–66 million years ago

Tropical marine plants and animals form diverse underwater ecosystems of remarkable beauty   The Et-Tih Desert   Mountain landscape viewed from high above sea level   Sunrise   Coast of the Arctic Ocean, Khara-Tumus Peninsula

Tycho Crater, southern Moon, named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe   Copernicus Crater in Oceanus Procellarum, one of the Moon's youngest large impact craters   The Moon at 98% illumination. Dark plains were formed by ancient basaltic lava flows   Partial solar eclipse photographed with a Sky-Watcher Maksutov 127 telescope   Sunspots may exceed Earth's diameter by more than ten times

 

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The gallery is divided into three sections. ‘World’ features architectural and street photography captured in Houston, Paris, Antalya, Almería and Saint Catherine. ‘Art’ explores masterpieces from Antiquity, the Renaissance and the contemporary era. ‘Nature’ celebrates the beauty of the natural world, from landscapes and wildlife to telescopic views of the Sun and the Moon. All photographs by Edward Akhmadullin

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