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During the summer of 2005 I travelled around Europe visiting the capital of each country. Although this was immensely enjoyable it was also one of the most arduous activities that I have ever undertaken – and if I never travel on a train again I won’t be too dishearted. In each capital I created several panoramic photos, the best of each city being displayed in this book. In doing this I was trying to capture an image or idea in each city which I found interesting or aesthetically prominent. However I must stress that I certainly haven’t chosen photos with the intent of creating an accurate representation of that city – merely some small part of it. When travelling I had no pre-set ideas about any of the places I would be visiting. I am not a geography student and I had certainly no specialized knowledge of the social or historical structures of the cities I visited. For this reason, I feel I am able to make a truly personal impression completely without prejudice. This was important as I wanted to get an untainted viewpoint of each city in 2005 without the comments of other people interfering. With each panoramic I have included a few notes as to my thoughts and feelings that I had experienced in each capital, together with some basic details about the city and country. My aim, in including this, is to share with you the impressions that I obtained in each city in relation to some of the more important factors shaping each country’s development. These may be in complete contrast to opinions you have yourself or have heard, but that doesn’t really matter. This book is more of a personal journal of my time in each of these places, and as I have said before I am not trying to create an accurate representation (an idea I find heroically subjective anyway).
I would also like to mention warmth and kindness of many of the different peoples that I met on my journey, too numerous to mention here. The cross section and variance of cultures within one of the smallest continents is astonishing, but I could say the one unifying theme is their friendliness and generosity. Although there are people shown in these panoramas they are not the subjects alone but in collaboration with the areas they have adopted. A study of people in Europe is another, grander possibility but way beyond the scope of what I was attempting here. I’ll possisibly leave that for another project.

Enjoy
Tom Williams

http://www.allroundeurope.co.uk

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Interesting and demanding project.
Your view is really fascinating - I guess you set some hontizontals special for the impression of the photo.

They are not VR - that makes some of them even mor interesting, but some surely gain more attraction when full sphericals would be used.