Bowed by the wind these tree adapt and thrive
The warmth and hospitality of the Iraqis is quite remarkable considering their recent history.
Iraq is a country trying to recover from about 40 years of wars, the most recent ending in 2017. The scars and ruins are everywhere but there is also resilience and irrepressible spirit as they rebuild their country. The warmth and hospitality of the Iraqis was quite remarkable considering their recent history.
After about 40 years of war Iraq is rapidly rebuilding although much remains in ruins. I have tried to capture the beauty and the destruction using a lens filter reproducing the look of old photographs.
Just a bit of fun we had spotting mannequins in Iraq.
Voodoo, or more correctly Vodun, is a worldview encompassing philosophy, medicine justice, and religion. The fundamental principle of Vodun is that everything is Spirit.
Every year in Benin a Vodun Festival is held and it is an amazing spectacle to behold.
Mosques, Madrassas and Museums
A trip from Trabzon to Ankara across the magnificent Anatolian Plateau.
Originally built to house slaves, the Malay Quarter on the slopes of Signal Hill, is a former racially segregated area of Capetown.
A mountainous country completely surrounded by South Africa.
An enigma, a country of wonderful contrasts.
Being in the old Silk Road cities of Uzbekistan is to step back in time.
It is also a very romantic place. I was privileged to be up on the city walls of Khiva one evening when this couple came to dance.
At the end of the dance he went down on one knee and proposed.
A region of spectacular mountains and fast flowing rivers
Growing up in South Africa, I made occasional visits to our neighbouring country, Namibia, but it was only in 2018 that I finally got to see the magnificent sand dunes of Sossusvlei in the Namib-Naukluft National Park. Sossusvlei is a large, white, salt and clay pan surrounded by some of the highest dunes in the world. The sand is coloured red by the iron oxide that coats the surface and their immense star-shaped forms remain unchanged due to the wind which blows at them from all directions. At sunrise the dunes turn a bright orange-red against the deep blue sky forming abstract patterns of light and shade.
The animal gaze……
SILK ROAD SPENDOURS OF UZBEKISTAN
An Exhibition: April/May 2023 The Chapel, West Brompton Cemetery, London
New York, so familiar from hundreds of films and thousands of photographs, remains the most generous and giving of cities when it comes to the exploring eye of the camera.
THE GOLDEN TEMPLE, AMRITSAR, INDIA
Breathtakingly beautiful and spiritually the most significant shrine in Sikhism. Covered in gold leaf and surrounded by the holy Pool, the Amrit Sarovar