Tag: Black and White

Chao Phraya

Bangkok, Thailand, 2001: The Chao Phraya Express Boat (est1971) is unique among the worlds great commuter boat companies… Not only for it’s success in transporting large amounts of people in one of the worlds most traffic congested cities- but also for the sleek, practicle yet graceful wooden boats that make up it’s fleet…   Mamiya ZE/Mamiya […]

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Ko Chang

Ko Chang, Thailand, 2000: On my first visit to Thailand in 2000 I  was recommended by my sister to visit Ko Chang. Louise had been there the year before-  and yeah she was right,  it was a very cool island…  I rented a decrepit hut along the beach for a couple of dollars per night… […]

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Blur St

Jerusalem, Israel, 2005: This was the fastest shutter speed I could get-  I was hoping it would turn out someting like this…   Canon EOS D30 / Canon 28-135is

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Kingdom Come… and gone…

Mirimar peninsular, Wellington, 2010: The rotting set for the beleaguered film “Kingdom Come” has been dismantled. The $180 million dollar feature about the life of Jesus was scheduled to be shot in 2009, but ran into financial difficulty soon after… It seems we may have been saved- at least for now- from another Jesus epic…  […]

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Novi Sad

Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia, 2002: I felt like the only tourist in town, I probably was… I was still recovering from the drilling I got at the border and deserved a treat, so I splashed out on a room in a hotel overlooking the square.  Is it me or does that statue look like it […]

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Valle dei templi

Agrigento, Sicily, 2004: The Valle de templi, or Valley of the Temples- is ironically actually situated on a ridge… Did this name originate from some sort of ancient Sicilian-Greek humour…? Agrigento (or ancient Akragas) is a major tourist drawcard. Its buildings are some of the largest and best preserved outside of Greece and are listed […]

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