4 Years

My blog just had it’s fourth birthday- and somehow I forgot about it. These photos were taken on a very cold January afternoon in 2004. There had just been a severe blizzard, but it didn’t stop me trudging around Manhattan in the snow- ending up in Battery Park at dusk. The plan had been to get the ferry out […]

Wall Street

New York, USA, January 2004: I arrived in New York during a mid-winter blizzard. The city was still recovering from the devastating 911 attacks, just over two years prior. It was a pretty grim time to visit and the weather didn’t help- but it was business as usual on Wall Street…

Damascus

Damascus, Syria, November 2005: With the escalating crisis in Syria and it’s spiral into civil war, it’s about time I posted some more images from Syria in 2005… Of the seven countries I visited in my late 2005 Athens to Cairo overland trip- over half are now going through dramatic changes… Lebanon was once again […]

Slavonia

East Slavonia, Croatia, 2002: On the road to Vukovar, the most devastated city in Europe since World War II. The Balkan’s version of Stalingrad. I was just about to end up in a rather difficult situation… See what happened next… Olympus XA2

Station

Dublin, Ireland, 2003: Commuters awaiting a train at Pearse St station in Dublin. This is one of the many reasons I love the Olympus XA2- being able to take sneaky shots in difficult light, yet still get well exposed & sharp images. This is straight off the scan- no edits… Olympus XA2/Kodak Tri-X

Departures

London, 2004: Had one of those super-cheap flight’s out of London (Stanstead) to Palermo in Sicily. The catch was… it left at six in the morning. So we got a late flight in from Dublin and killed a bit of time, then wandered around looking for a place to doss for a few hours. It […]

Mogwai

Dublin, Ireland, 2003: Grabbed a few shots of Scottish post-rock icons Mogwai at the Olympia theatre in Dublin. They were promoting their new album “Happy Songs for Happy People”, a rather ironic subdued affair. It was a very intense/loud/exellent gig, and just when they were about to start their finale I was confronted by security… […]

D-ck

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

Merc

Waikato, NZ, 2006: Spotted this elevated Mercedes on the way to Cambridge… Olympus XA2