Bos

South Taranaki, New Zealand, 2004: Cows are bizarre looking creatures when you take a closer look-  particularly in Taranaki where they are literally part of the landscape… Cows/cattle are the most common species of the genus Bos. The name cattle was borrowed from the old French word catel, meaning ‘moveable personal property’. The term is […]

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Interzone

Tangier, Morocco, 1998: After running the gauntlet of taxi-drivers, touts and scam artists at the port- I eventually found the hotel where William S. Burroughs wrote “Naked Lunch”. Tangiers wasn’t exactly a tourist destination at the time, it was still living up to it’s time honored debauched reputation.  No issue getting a room at the […]

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Border Country

Poipet, Cambodia, 2001:  Crossing from Thailand into Cambodia was via an invisible line where the towns of Aranyaprathet (Thai) and Poipet (Cambodian) straddled the border.  There was a visa scam at Cambodian passport control regarding whether you had particular vaccinations (yellow fever)-  like it mattered… I managed to get through without paying a bribe by […]

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Dalmatian

Split, Dalmatia, Croatia. 2002:  1 Dalmatian, make that 2… You know what they say about a dog and its owner…?    Canon  EOS 100/28-105mm

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D-ck

Petone, Wellington, NZ, 2011: Duck-flat off Cuba St near Mitre 10 mega…    Olympus XA2

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Window smoker

Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2002: Grabbed this shot of a window smoker while wandering along Dubrovnik’s old city walls…   Canon EOS 100/Canon EF 75-300mm

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Three

Rijeka, Croatia, 2002: I was only in Rijeka for a couple of days, but found it a great place for street shooting. Canon EOS 100/Canon EF 75-300mm

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Zardar Wedding

Zardar, Croatia, 2002: Had a quiet time in Zardar on the Dalmatian coast- the most excitement being a passing wedding car convoy blasting their horns…   Canon EoS 100/75-300mm

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