The Bridge

Yesterday I've read a request on a local Adelaidian website, asking people to come up with the city's icon. At the time I read the post there were 123 comments. Quick look at the list of ideas had clearly showed that not even one 'icon' gained more than 4 voices.... Readers came up with the most bizarre ideas such as the logo of the local Entertainment Center and Wang Wang and Funy - the giant Pandas from the Adelaide Zoo... I guess what it actually shows is that there is no real icon for Adelaide. True story.

When it comes to Sydney though, it seems almost unfair. The city got so many wonderful icons: Sydney's Opera House, Bondi Beach, and the icon I'm fond of the most - Sydney Harbour Bridge.
I guess, because the Opera House is considered such a masterpiece and won so many prizes and titles over the years, people forget about the accomplishment of opening the Harbour Bridge in 1932. Aside of it being such an admirable structure, the bridge is the world's widest long-span bridge and is the tallest steel arch bridge, but above all, it has a magnificent composition.

There are endless photographs of the bridge, of every little corner and from any point of view, but these photos of Turkish photographer Zsar Chankian show some really interesting angles of the bridge I haven't seen before.

Via Behance