Asphalt Poetry

Brick apartment building with a large mural of a horned, bird-headed figure under a pale sky in Montreal, Canada

Workers unloading boxes of fruit from a covered truck while others sit and cut melons on the ground in Hanoi, Vietnam

Elderly couple walking arm in arm down a narrow lane past a corner café with graffiti and wicker chairs in Paris, France

Colourful murals of stylised faces and palm leaves covering brick buildings, bicycles parked below, in Montreal, Canada

Motorbikes and an orange bus waiting at a red light beneath an elevated rail line and high-rises in Bangkok, Thailand

Woman choosing oranges from a fruit vendor&#39;s bicycle cart in low golden sidelight on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam

Children walking along a netted rooftop play area in front of a white Ferris wheel under clear blue sky in Montreal, Canada

Young men laughing and joking in a dim motorbike shop hung with packaged decals in Luang Prabang, Laos

Downtown skyline silhouetted against a hazy sunset over the river, a jet ski crossing the water, in Montreal, Canada

Man resting with eyes closed on sunlit wooden steps against a stone wall, his leather bag beside him, in Paris, France

Orange sun setting between high-rise towers, its reflection glowing on a calm lake under heavy clouds in Hanoi, Vietnam

View through a car windshield of traffic on a tree-lined road below a green hospital sign in Bangkok, Thailand

Older man crouching on the pavement repairing a motorbike&#39;s rear wheel as a woman looks on in Hanoi, Vietnam

Covered flower market aisle lined with hanging ferns, potted plants and blooms under a glass roof in Paris, France

Brick walls painted with murals of a man in a cap and figures in grey tones, a bush in the foreground, in Montreal, Canada

Grab rider and other motorbikes moving down a busy street of shophouses and tangled power lines in Bangkok, Thailand