Border Country

South Lebanon, 2005: A local man on the Lebanese-Israeli border… I don’t know if he was Hezbollah, Amal or just a tourist like me… He was friendly, but reserved- cool enough to let me take his photo though…. It was nice and peaceful here at the time, but within a few months all hell was […]

Flag

Lebanese/Israeli border, South L,ebanon, 2005: A shredded but defiant Hezbollah flag flutters in the face of an Israeli border post. It was around this border region a few months later where the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese war kicked off… Canon EOS D30/Canon 28-135is

Black Widows

Jerusalem, Israel, 2005: Canon EOS 1N/Canon 28-135is

Surfing the Void

Wellington, NZ, 2010: Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama’s “Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity” at the City Art Gallery in Wellington. A superb, surreal and exhilarating exhibition… Check out more of her work here… Canon EOS30D/Canon 17-40 L

Champerelle

Wellington, NZ, 2009: A faux-French building in Wellington….it could’ve almost been in Paris… not… Olympus XA/Ilford Delta 400

Dahab

Dahab, Sinai, Egypt, 2005: Captured this boy minding the camels on the outskirts of Dahab. Dahab is a popular tourist destination on the east coast of the Sinai peninsular. It was targeted a few months after I’d visited by a series of suicide bombers- resulting in the deaths of 23 people. One of the three […]

Godog

Wellington, NZ, 2011: It was obvious these dogs were up to no good… Canon EOS 30D/Canon EF-S 18-55is

Tahrir Square

Cairo, Egypt, 2005: Through the window of the budget hotel I could see some sheep grazing… and Tahrir Square beyond… I’m hoping Egypt can set an even greater precedent than Tunisia- showing the Arab world that democracy can work and a peaceful transition can be achieved… Viva la Egypt! Canon EOS 55/Sigma 17-35

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 […]