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I’ve recently returned from a trip to Istanbul, a stunning city that will provide material for a few postings to this blog. In the meantime, though, Istanbul provided quite a bit of material for my camera – the one on my phone and my laughable, duty-free sure-shot. There is something about the use of patterns in non-Western cities that is visually entrancing. You see it in tile work, you see it in floors, and you see it perhaps in less expected places. Enjoy a few shots from some of the patterns I saw emerging after a few days in Istanbul.