Browsing around for an introductory word for this article has pointed me toward a few concepts which made me reconsider the ‘a picture is worth one thousand words’ saying.. On the contrary, many words seem to have been conveniently invented to help me emphasize the little visual exercise you’ve been invited to take part in.

Verbatim
Etymology
From verbum + -ātim, adverbial suffix.

Translations:
of a document: word for word
of a person: skilled in faithful transcription

Walking
(also called ambulation) is the main form of animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling
"Walking is convenient, it needs no special equipment, is self-regulating and inherently safe. Walking is as natural as breathing". John Butcher, Founder Walk21, 1999

But check this out!!!!
On roads with no sidewalks, pedestrians should always walk facing the oncoming traffic for their own and other peoples' safety.

Flânerie
The term flâneur comes from the French masculine noun flâneur—which has the basic meanings of "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", "loafer"—which itself comes from the French verb flâner, which means "to stroll". Charles Baudelaire developed a derived meaning of flâneur—that of "a person who walks the city in order to experience it".
While Baudelaire characterized the flâneur as a "gentleman stroller of city streets, he saw the flâneur as having a key role in understanding, participating in and portraying the city. A flâneur thus played a double role in city life and in theory, that is, while remaining a detached observer
Indeed, diverse texts such as Baudrillard's "America", or Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" demonstrate the concept's impact and flexible usage.

The flâneur's tendency toward detached but aesthetically attuned observation has brought the term into the literature of photography, particularly street photography

The most notable application of flâneur to street photography probably comes from Susan Sontag in her 1977 essay, "On Photography". She describes how, since the development of hand-held cameras in the early 20th century, the camera has become the tool of the flâneur. The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes...


So back to our little game: We’ve suggested a random set of elements to be photographed and mixed together in a collage. Allow me to quote myself
RULES:
1. PREFERABLY CELL PHONE IMAGES (OR AT LEAST USE A CHEAP/RUBBISH CAMERA - PLEASE NO FANCY CAM PHOTOS!!!!!)
2. PHOTOGRAPH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

A WINDOW
A SITTING HUMAN
A FENCE
A GREEN GATE
A WOMAN WITH LONG HAIR
A DUMMY IN A SHOP WINDOW
A PERSON WITH A HAT
A RED CAR
TWO PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS
A TREE
A BENCH
A REFLECTION OF YOU
AND MAKE A 3 BY 4 IMAGES COLLAGE


This is how it started -




And here are your entries

























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