I’m kicking off this post with a London sculpture that caught my eye earlier this year – a man in his everyday rush to grab a taxi. Cee has a similar man in her post this week, which prompted me to share this image. A bit of googling revealed that this London statue is by the same artist as the one in Portland, Oregon. They are the work of J Seward Johnson, a man who specialised in creating bronze statues of people engaged in day-to-day activities.
American by J Seward Johnson, London, January 2020
In contrast with American, here’s someone looking rather more relaxed.
Bacchus at Vatican City, October 2019
And here are some more statues of men in varied states of activity and inactivity.
Seoul 
Edinburgh 
North Berwick 
Crosby Beach 
Edinburgh 
Nimes 
Dundee 
Munich 
Chisinau 
London 
Madrid
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 6 August 2020
Posted as part of Cee’s B&W
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Travel with Intent 
Fabulous . . .but wish there were as many statues of women as there are of men
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A women post coming soon. But yes we’re way down on women numbers.
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Yay on the post . . . . and maybe one day on the actual statue numbers 😀
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A study of women statues would be interesting I wonder if it resembles female characters in literature, or only the stronger ones get to be solidified!
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Suspect literature and queens are predominant!
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I may surprise you in my collection 🙂 But that will be slanted to the ones I thought worth taking photos of!
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Can’t wait 🥰
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What a great piece of work. I’d love to see it for myself, could you tell us where to find it?
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It’s near Blackfriars, on John Carpenter Street next to Sion Hall
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Gosh, I need to get travelling again. I only know the Gormley at Crosby.
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Scotland, maybe. The Edinburgh Gormleys are fun as you do a walk to see them all. Just avoid Aberdeen!
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OK. Edinburgh is always worth a visit anyway.
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Oh Debbie, what a great compliment (or more precise improvement) to my entry this week. I so love it 😀
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It was so funny, Cee – as soon as I saw yours I recognised him 🙂 A link between London and Portland 🙂
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It’s the same guy except for the umbrella. It rains in London too, but then probably didn’t want the same statue in both cities.
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It certainly does rain in London 😦 but at the moment we really need parasols more than umbrellas 🙂
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