{"id":2015,"date":"2015-03-04T15:37:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2015-03-04T19:23:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T19:23:26","slug":"upside-of-looking-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/upside-of-looking-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Looking Down, Shows an Upside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember a story that my mother used to tell me about her own mother who, due to the necessity of poverty, used to wander the streets of London&#8217;s East End* looking for money that had been dropped on the ground. Apparently she often got lucky (if lucky is the right word).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2019\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/upside-of-looking-down\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-image-2019 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/\/\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blog.jpg\" alt=\"Path on walkway with puddle\" width=\"720\" height=\"477\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blog.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blog-50x33.jpg 50w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 500px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-image-2019 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blog.jpg\" alt=\"Path on walkway with puddle\" width=\"720\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blog.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blog-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain-swept walkway. Taken with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/urban-symmetry-photography\/\">Ricoh GR<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Those rose-tinted Thatcherite fools, who look back at mythical &#8216;good old days&#8217;, can go stuff themselves. The fact that the UK now has food banks, to feed an increasingly growing population who can&#8217;t afford the basics of life, is the continuation of a moral crime that shows no sign of being addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, these photos are just two of many that I like, for the fact that they show an upward view, despite being seen from the ground. It&#8217;s not the same as finding money, but it&#8217;s still a view found at street level, which hopefully has some meaning, or even value.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1645\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/upside-of-looking-down\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1645\" class=\"wp-image-1645 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/\/\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle.jpg\" alt=\"Reflection of crains in puddle\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle-730x487.jpg 730w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 500px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1645\" class=\"wp-image-1645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle.jpg\" alt=\"Reflection of crains in puddle\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/reflect-puddle-730x487.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pavement reflection. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-about-photography-in-four-easy-steps\/\">Ilford HP5+ film<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<h6>* Actually, if memory serves me correctly, she actually used to wander the streets of rich areas. 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