http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/640 One of the things that amazed me when I first went out into the Welsh countryside was the sight of phone boxes in the middle of nowhere. Coming from a country were phone boxes are usually placed in urban areas or near archaeological or other tourist sites, I was impressed by the variety and remoteness of the Welsh locations. The dazzling red of the K6 is a strong contrast in the green sea of the Welsh landscape - like a light house of communication in the wild sea of grass and trees. From Hay Bluff to Coder Idris, phoneboxes decorate the Welsh landscape. When I photographed some of those very far away from houses, farms or villages, I began to wonder how many phone calls are made from them each year. Furthermore, I wonder for how many more years those phone boxes which are, in one way, the trademarks of the 'old Britain', will continue to exist. So considering all these elements, l decided to document phone boxes in the countryside because I feel that, as a sign of the old times, they are, inevitably, going to disappear under the pressure of the new age, in the face of the imperatives of globalisation. © Georgios Makkas http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/30450/makkas_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Georgios Makkas <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374503/GMK_PB024_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374503'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374503 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:02 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374503 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374503/GMK_PB024_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374503'>view full-size image</a> Georgios Makkas <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374506/GMK_PB027_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374506'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374506 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:11 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374506 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374506/GMK_PB027_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374506'>view full-size image</a> Georgios Makkas <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374509/GMK_PB060_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374509'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374509 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374509 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374509/GMK_PB060_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374509'>view full-size image</a> Georgios Makkas <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374512/GMK_PB056_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374512'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374512 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374512 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374512/GMK_PB056_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374512'>view full-size image</a> Georgios Makkas <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374515/GMK_PB040_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374515'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374515 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374515 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374515/GMK_PB040_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374515'>view full-size image</a> Georgios Makkas <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374518/GMK_PB023_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374518'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374518 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:43 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374518 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374518/GMK_PB023_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374518'>view full-size image</a> Georgios Makkas <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374521/GMK_PB018_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374521'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374521 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:54 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374521 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/374521/GMK_PB018_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/374521'>view full-size image</a> Georgios Makkas