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Peter Jonker

Madrid

Spain

Community of Madrid

Pedestrians walk down a narrow cobblestone street lined with colorful buildings, with strong sunlight casting long shadows.

Parker Foster

Benches along the coast overlooking boats in the water and a bridge with the city skyline in the distance

Faizal Westcott

Silhouettes of two men next to a graffiticovered wall and stairs

Roman Fox

An atmospheric view of Westminster Bridge over the River Thames, with the iconic Big Ben and Houses of Parliament shrouded in fog.

An urban supermarket with fruit on display and a person casting a shadow on the wall

Mandy Sham

A red taxi cab drives across a yellow crosswalk on a sunny city street in front of a modern turquoise tiled building.

Adam Johnston

New York

United States

A tall, slender skyscraper with a grid pattern of illuminated windows towers over the city lights against the dark night sky.

Leandro Crespi

Barcelona

Catalonia

A stylish woman with short hair wearing a black turtleneck and sunglasses holds her smartphone while standing on a busy city street.

Matt Hall

London

United Kingdom

England

A silhouette of a man is seen in a window reflection of a sunlit building with a sign in Chinese characters.

Aslin Castañeda

Amsterdam

Netherlands

North Holland

Some houses along the water in a city

Anastasia Fua

Sydney

Australia

New South Wales

Sailboats and a catamaran float in Sydney Harbour with the iconic Opera House and city skyline in the background.

Lars Borges

Berlin

Germany

A young man in a red jacket sits on the grass in a city park, holding his phone with a surprised expression on his face.

An architectural view of a blue high-rise apartment building where residents' laundry hangs out to dry on the balconies.

Matyas Paul

The silhouette of a large domed and arched window frames a view of the urban cityscape under a cloudy sky.

Joep Hijwegen

signs from buildings are reflecting on windows in a downtown city

Elia Pellegrini

Budapest

Hungary

The intricate Gothic architecture and colorful patterned tile roof of a historic cathedral on a sunny day.

Emre Sarigul

A vertical neon sign that says "LIQUOR" outside a city convenience store at night.

Eren Sarigul

A man confidently walking across a bridge accompanied by a bird against a backdrop of cloudy skies

Aditi Mehta

Blurry abstract city lights of metropolitan area at night

Sebastian Kortmann

Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia

A lone man walks down a sidewalk in a city at dusk, illuminated by the warm glow of storefront signs.

Tanya Yatsenko

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

A silhouetted family with a baby dances and plays on the beach at sunset with the Dubai skyline in the background.

An elevated view of a bustling New York City street lined with brick buildings, leading towards the modern skyscrapers of the downtown skyline.

A fashionable woman with short hair wearing a black turtleneck, wide-leg jeans, and sunglasses walks down a city street while looking at her phone.

A stylish woman in an olive green outfit, sunglasses, and a baseball cap walks across a sunny street while listening to music on her phone.

Reed Schick

A stylish young woman with blonde hair and tattoos stretches her arms while posing in the middle of an urban street.

Shin Miura

Sunlight bathes the facades of densely packed residential buildings in a bustling urban neighborhood.

Edward Jose

Hvar

Croatia

Split-Dalmatia County

A small rubber dinghy crosses a river and approaches a dock near a coastal city.

Mike Kitchen

A man in headphones walking down the street with an umbrella.

Zach Larraz

A brutalist style concrete building complex with balconies overlooking a pond stands amidst a dense urban cityscape.

Michael Shainblum

A night view of a community with a bridge and street light

boats move down a tree lined canal in a city

Braden Lee

Metal fences and skyscraper with spire against the blue sky

Glass skyscrapers reflect the city at dusk, creating a play of light and reflections.

Blythe Thomas

Golden hour light illuminates a row of colorful historic canal houses, creating vibrant reflections in the water.

A person with an umbrella descends into the Wall Street subway station during a heavy downpour on a city street at night.

Riley Erickson

Japan

A lone person walks across a city street corner at night, illuminated by the colorful neon signs of a Japanese izakaya.

rohit bhattarai

Silhouette of a person standing in front of a building with a neon sign glowing in the darkness

A yellow neon sign illuminates the side of an apartment building in a city against the clear twilight sky.

Silhouette of a man walking on the street underneath a bridge like structure

off-menu studio

A Ferris wheel at the end of a downtown street stands above the buildings

Diego Contreras

Los Angeles

California

A man with dark curly hair looks towards the camera on an urban tennis court with a city skyline in the background.

Jacquetta

Illuminated city skyline at night with skyscrapers reflecting lights under a deep purple sky.

Peter Varsics

A silhouetted person holds a clear umbrella on a rainy city street at night in front of a glowing theater marquee.

Tyler Glass

Venice

Italy

Veneto

A gondolier in a striped shirt steers a traditional gondola down a sunlit canal flanked by historic Venetian buildings.

Max Kütz

A busy scene from an urban street, with several vehicles, such as buses and cars, and a large crowd of pedestrians at a crosswalk.

Emmett Orgass

An atmospheric black and white photograph captures a blurry city waterfront scene with a bridge, trees, and silhouetted people.

Omar Eltahan

Alexandria

Egypt

Alexandria Governorate

A dog naps on the asphalt next to a soccer goal as a game unfolds on a sun-drenched city street.

The iconic Sydney Opera House under a clear sky. The building has a distinctive architecture with its white shells or sails.

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Panoramic black and white view of Los Angeles, with palm trees and a modern house in the foreground.

Rachel Soh

A city street adorned with hanging sky lanterns

Wilhelmina Martens

South Korea

Seoul

An aerial photograph captures a densely packed metropolitan area with a mix of high-rise apartments and low-rise buildings basking in the afternoon sun.

William DeSena

Granada

Andalusia

A sky with clouds and trees

Bret Curry

Street in a city with skyscraper in background

Street lights and traffic lights expose small sections of sidewalk and buildings at dusk.

Ewan Mcloughlin

Silhouette of a person walking down a street on a foggy night with lights on

People enjoy the sunset on the beach with Morro Dois Irmãos in the background.

Rob Crosby

A skyline of a city from a park

People walking on a dark sidewalk.

Erik Poppen

The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge are illuminated against a dark cloudy sky at dusk, with boats floating on the calm waters reflecting the city lights.

Mackenzie Duncan

A motion-blurred shot captures the side profile of a person running through a city on a sunny day.

David Perez

Boats sail in the water as the sun shines on the horizon behind city buildings and skyscrapers

Jason Jahnke

A woman walks up stairs outdoors next to city buildings displaying a british flag during the day

Annika Kafcaloudis

Traffic light in front of a building in the city

Simon Hird

A large city on the banks of the port area.

Nick Colombini

two children running across a wooden bridge surrounded by mist, with a city skyline featuring iconic modern skyscrapers in the background.

Matej Sefcik

A man and a small child walk hand in hand down a narrow alley in a Japanese town in this black and white photograph.

Sissi Lu

Shadow of a person and warm lights of an interior and the facade of a red building.

Shaynna Rogers

The exterior of some purple, blue, and pink buildings

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