Richard Pendavingh

Photographer, designer and weekend historian. Editor of The Unravel. Writes about design, tech, history and anthropology.


May
13
2013
Spreepark Cat
Spreepark, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 13.05.13

A series of images of the abandoned East German 'Spreepark' taken in May this year.

May
11
2013
View of Teufelsberg
Teufelsberg, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 11.05.13

There's something grimly poetic about Teufelsberg- the Devil's Mountain.

May
06
2013
Pergamon altar frieze
Pergamon Museum, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 06.05.13

Some images of Berlin's controversial museum of near-eastern antiquities including the massive Pergamon Altar.

Apr
30
2013
Olympiastadion
Olympiastadion, Berlin Richard Pendavingh 30.04.13

Photos taken at Berlin's Olympic Stadium- site of the infamous Nazi games of 1936.

Apr
28
2013
Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
Memorials of Berlin Richard Pendavingh 28.04.13

No other place is so heavily freighted with history than the city of Berlin.

Apr
24
2013
Tito’s Memorials Richard Pendavingh 24.04.13

A collection of haunting Soviet-era war memorials in the mountains of former Yugoslavia taken by Belgian artist Jan Kempenaers.

Apr
24
2013
Paris catacombs
Paris’ Suburban Underground Richard Pendavingh 24.04.13

All the skyscrapers in Paris are concentrated in a region several miles from the city centre in an area known as La Defence.

Apr
23
2013
Instrument boxes in Notre Dame.
Parisian Relics Richard Pendavingh 23.04.13

Images taken inside Notre Dame and the Cathedral of Saint Sulpice in Paris.

Apr
22
2013
Miru Kim Richard Pendavingh 22.04.13

Some amazing self-portraits by Korean/American artist Miru Kim.

Apr
14
2013
Roofing in Russia Richard Pendavingh 14.04.13

A small selection of dizzying photos taken by Russian teenagers in the upper reaches of the Moscow skyline.

Apr
13
2013
Bastille Protestors
Storming the Bastille Richard Pendavingh 13.04.13

On any given sunday there are angry Parisians at the Place De la Bastille railing against the government for one reason or another.

Apr
10
2013
Metro station in the 18th
18th Arrondissement Richard Pendavingh 10.04.13

Some night photography from the 18th Arrondissement of Paris.

Apr
10
2013
Moulin Rouge Pony
Pigalle by night Richard Pendavingh 10.04.13

A picture of tiny horses leaving the side door of the Moulin Rouge.

Apr
10
2013
Streets of Paris
Paris on foot Richard Pendavingh 10.04.13

As I've travelled over the last few months I've hopped mainly from city to city and noticed a pattern...

Apr
09
2013
encants de bellcaire
Barcelona Richard Pendavingh 09.04.13

A few postcard pictures from Barcelona.

Apr
02
2013
A visitor looks out over Manhattan from the observation deck of 30 Rockefeller Center
Top of the Rock Richard Pendavingh 02.04.13

The view from the top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Apr
01
2013
Times Square before dawn
Times Square is a dodgy porn site Richard Pendavingh 01.04.13

My tour across the states has really been one big survey of American neon signs.

Apr
01
2013
Two men shoot the sunrise from Brooklyn Bridge, NYC
Bridges of Manhattan Richard Pendavingh 01.04.13

In the City of New York the people are transported by two separate, yet equally important pieces of infrastructure...

Mar
31
2013
Skyscrapers in New York city.
Architecture of New York Richard Pendavingh 31.03.13

I found it hard to take photos of the buildings in New York city.

Mar
30
2013
Gaur Diorama in the American Museum of natural History
American Museum of Natural History, NYC Richard Pendavingh 30.03.13

Some images taken of the collection at the American Museum of Natural History.

Mar
29
2013
Street Photography, NYC Part II Richard Pendavingh 29.03.13

Returning now to the far less dramatic streets of New York back in April I have another batch of photographs.