From the forward by Stephen Sixta:



As is evidenced by the photographs in this book, the world is a vast and wonderful place that can be seen and marveled at from any number of angles and positions. Each moment on every place on earth has the potential to be the subject of an interesting or evocative image, captured with a camera wielded by a person possessing a visual understanding far beyond the mere recording of a time, event or place. Great photography brings us this vision. It shows us a world that is new…that is frozen and hence timeless. Great photography records and interprets. It captures a moment and comments upon it. It shows us a different way of seeing the world. Certainly, unless you had the tendency to just lie down in the middle of the most well known public places in the world, you have never seen photographs of such familiar spots like these.



The photographs on the following pages open a door to a new way seeing something that we are very familiar with. They make us think…cause us to wonder. They make us laugh and give us a unique feeling of “place.” Individually they are strong images to be sure, but when compiled as a collection, as they are here, they are all the more powerful.