Cultural Icons -- Post your country's cultural icons

[Bob Michaels]

 

[Greg Maslak]

Inukshuk Goalie? Two very Canadaian themes made into a city sculpture. Montreal. Fuji XE-2/27mm f2.8

 

[kuuan]

a "Blasmusikkapelle" in "Lederhosentracht", that is a traditional brass band in local traditional dress


Blasmusik by andreas, on Flickr, M-Rokkor f2/40mm, Ricoh GXR M, Austria 2014

 

[markjwyatt]

Zeiss Contax iia; Voigtlander SC Skopar 21mm f4; Fuji Superia XTRA 400


Marilyn Fan by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands. Vermeer's 'the girl with the pearl earring'.

 

[David Hughes]

 

[David Hughes]

York Minster, an Olympus XA2 photo...

 

[Greg Maslak]

This guy may be my neighbour in British Columbia, Canada, but he is indeed an American Icon, no matter where he calls home.
Fuji X-T1; 135mm Nikkor-Q f3.5

 

[functus]

Grew up in the U.K., so ...

Marmite ... by gregory, on Flickr

 

[nikon_sam]

 

[Deleted member 65559]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzauTuRG78

 

[Greyscale]

Blue line, Art Institute, and downtown Chicago by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Greg Maslak]

Two photos taken by my mother as a teenager in 1953 on her big adventure tour to Coney island and an evening in Harlem to see Billy Eckstine.

Scans from 2 1/4 Kodak Brownie prints

 

[David Hughes]

Seen lurking in a museum yard...


Regards, David

 

[David Hughes]

Vintage 1978...

 

[Pentudlian]

Is that bloke in the denim jacket doing what I think he's doing? Let's hope the bomb disposal wagon was empty!

 

[Timmyjoe]

Get Your Kicks . . .

Blue Swallow, Route 66, 2006

Best,
-Tim

 

[D&A]

Cultural Icons in two of my home towns:

Central Park West, N.Y.C.

Washington D.C.
Japanese Cherry Blossom Trees on Tidal Basin with Jefferson Memorial.

Dave (D&A)

P.S. Note neither of these images have "yet" been adjusted for keystone or tilt.

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

Venice, Italy, though generally I try to show it as little iconically as possible.

The rest of that short series is here, if of interest.

 

[JeffS7444]

Bibimbap served in a hot bowl, South Korea.