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…

Palace

Buckingham Palace, London, 1997: Just scanned this old neg today, a time-capsule (if you like) from 15 years ago… I was passing Buckingham Palace on my usual route into town from Victoria Station when I came across this crowd… Then there was an RAF fly-over… click- it must be the Queens birthday…. In hindsight those […]

Firth of Forth

Firth of Forth, Scotland, 1997: The iconic Forth Bridge links Edinburgh- over the waters of the Forth of Firth– with Fife to the North… Mamiya ZE/50mm 1.7/Fuji Superia

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 […]

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 […]

Wahi

Wahi beach, Hawera, Taranaki, NZ, 2011: Shot this over the weekend at one of the beaches near my home town of Hawera. Wahi beach isn’t a great beach for swimming because of all the rocks, but the rocks are fantastic… Canon EOS 30D/18-55is

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 […]

1 Year

New Zealand, 2009: Have reached a small milestone here, this blog has now been going for just over 1 year… As of today/now, I’ve made 177 posts including almost 300 images; created 57 categories with 395 tags; and had 7,822 hits with 74 comments. Thanks for visiting and please don’t forget to vote on my […]