Ministry

Belgrade, Serbia, 2002: The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building in Belgrade was considered a masterpiece of post-war architecture. It was bombed along with many other “strategic” buildings in Belgrade and elsewhere in The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1999 Nato bombing campaign.Most of the major bridges across the Danube in Serbia were also targeted, […]

UXO

Belgrade, Serbia, 2002: Found these unexploded missiles and bombs (UXO) whilst wandering around the grounds of the Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade. The Nato bombing of Kosovo and Serbia three years prior (March-June 1999) successfully forced the Yugoslav military to retreat from Kosovo, preventing another atrocity like Bosnia. Canon EOS 100/28-105/Kodak Tri-X

Bowling Alley

Wellington, NZ, 2011: More shots from today at the “bowling alley”, the new bus lane through the former “Manners Mall”. This elder gentleman seemed to have a death wish and took the buses head-on…. Canon EOS 30D/Makinon 28mm f2.8

Brothers

Wellington, NZ, 2011: Hit the town today for a bit of street photography with Simon Burrow. He’s been shooting around the streets of Wellington for a few years now and building up an impressive portfolio. Grabbed a shot of this hooded guy at Cuba and Vivian Streets intersection, with a recently purchsed $10 Pentax screw […]

UFO

Clapham Junction, London, 1997: I’d recently purchased my first SLR camera, a Mamiya ZE with Sekor-E 50mm f1.7 lens (for about 40 quid). I was living/working in this old pub in South London and an avid reader of Fortean Times magazine. Having seen many faked UFO photos and curious as to how they were created, […]

Chimney

Cappadocia, Turkey, 2003: More bizarre chimney structures in the Cappadocia region of central Turkey… Canon EOS A2E/28-105/Velvia 50

Wallk

Girona, Catalunya, Spain 2005: Girona’s old defensive walls gave some interesting angles- Hendrix’s “all along the watchtower” springs to mind…. Canon EOS 1N/75-300

Tartus

Tartus, Syria, 2005: A rusted mural of the al-Assad’s adorns a wall of an old mill in the seaside town of Tartus. The al-Assad dynasty of father dictator, Hafez (president 1971-2000); eldest son Basil, (groomed as successor- but killed in a car accident in 1994): and youngest son (and current dictator) Bashar, are also known […]

OBL

Scotland, 2001: Have just heard that Osama bin Laden has been killed in an operation by US special forces in Pakistan. Then I remembered this shot by my photographer friend Nathaniel Benefield, with Bin Laden grafitti on the wall and me shooting something (awkwardly) in the background…