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La Zaida and Evonik
La Zaida and Evonik Ahhhh… La Zaida… Many years ago, on a train in Portugal, we passed a place without stopping and I quipped; “It was a one horse town… and then they ate the horse.” La Zaida has that feel; a place with a population of 500 that might easily be called nondescript… except…
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That Day on Montseny
The Montseny Hike Too many months of lock-down. Then a window opened, for a while, and you could almost live a normal life. My oldest friend by sheer coincidence ended up moving to Barcelona as well. His son was playing at a football academy . Now Brett loves a hike and occasionally I go along. …
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Kuala Lumpur, A City After the Storm
The humidity after the storm was overwhelming; I soon came to learn that Kuala Lumpur is always a city after the storm. The taxi from the airport took an age, the traffic jam and the torrential rain reduced everything to a crawl; All you could see out of the windows was an en endless smudge…
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Dar Roumana: A Hidden Gem in the Ancient Labyrinth of Fez
Discovering Morocco’s Cultural Heart Dar Roumana sits nestled within the historic Medina of Fez, a stark contrast to my previous Moroccan experience. My first visit to this North African kingdom was for work in Casablanca, collaborating with Harvard University, which you can read about here. That bustling metropolis left me somewhat underwhelmed—noisy, polluted, and largely…
Cuban Night Life and Cuban Night Light
My third Cuban adventure. You can see images from the last visits here. The first thing I did, when I woke the first morning, was walk to the malecón as the sun came up. There were already fishermen perched on the wall, indifferent to the waves that lashed the defences. My first visit had been…
Istanbul and Instagram, Late to the Game but Catching Up
Istanbul and Instagram is part 1 about my trip to the city and contains images shot on the iPhone. I have a list of places I want to go to and I have a friend who makes me go to them. The places tend to be the easier ones, the ones you could visit over a…
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No Fear & Loathing in Andalucia, or How I Beat Those Black and White Blues
Back in the day, when I was shooting film and travelling, I usually had 2 cameras with me, one with transparency (slide) film and one with black and white. The colour slide film was for stock library work (I used to make quite good money doing that) and b&w was just for me, to be…
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Chiaroscuro in Astypalaia: Shadows, Cats & Neon Nights in Greece’s Hidden Gem
I’ll admit—using an art-history term like *chiaroscuro* reeks of pretension. But Astypalaia earns it. This Greek island was Italian-occupied for much of the 20th century, a fact I learned when a widow—wrinkled as a sun-dried olive—accosted me in rapid Italian. Turns out, Mussolini’s rule was the only education some elders received. When Dusk Transforms…
Documentary Photography in Morocco: Capturing Harvard Business School Field Research
International Assignment Photography in North Africa In January, I traveled to Casablanca, Morocco, for a specialized photography assignment with Harvard Business School. This project exemplifies the growing demand for documentary photography that captures authentic educational experiences in international settings, particularly as prestigious institutions expand their global learning initiatives. The assignment involved documenting several student groups…
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NYC: Back After Three Years, 3 Years Too Long Away…
I am painfully aware of how slack I have been in writing blog posts: but trust New York to cure that. I am having breakfast in Maybelle’s Cafe in Brooklyn and I am surrounded by industrious people tap-tapping like fiends on their laptops, so out of pure guilt I am endeavouring to do the same.…
Travel Photography Challenges: Finding Creative Perspectives in Greek Islands
Overcoming Visual Clichés in Popular Travel Destinations Greece presents a unique challenge for photographers—its iconic imagery has been so thoroughly documented that it becomes all too easy to fall into the trap of simply recording what exists: weathered houses, ancient doors, blue-domed churches, endless whitewashed steps, and the ubiquitous cats. During this return visit to…
Homage to Catalonia? (A Touch of Gaudí in Texas)
A little side job I had whilst in Texas (for a wedding shoot) was to photograph the house that Zack built (He was the groom and designed it as well). I stayed there for about a week and in a few sessions took photos for a book they wanted to make. It was an enjoyable…
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Hong Kong, The Future Now?
I got the opportunity to return to Hong Kong in September and took it. My first trip there left me feeling similar to how I felt when I first went to NYC; dazed from sensory overload. In both places I was filled with a manic energy that, coupled with jet-lag, was very enervating; a kind…
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From Barcelona to Berlin, Winter 2013
After my first visit to Berlin, just before Christmas I was eager to get back. I felt I had found somewhere I might be able to call a second home and was already thinking of ways to split my time between there and Barcelona. The second visit tempered my zeal a little just because I…
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Hong Kong, Finally, I Make it There
Many years ago, when I was young and living in a little village in the country-side, I dreamt of going to Hong Kong. I was attending an art college, doing a foundation course, and had this friend who I was secretly, madly, in love with. She had Anglo-Italian parents, had been born in Angola, during…
Berlin, A Stranger in a Familiar Town
I have been meaning to go to Berlin for years. That it is so close and easy to get to is why I have never managed it till now; that is often the way, because planning big exotic trips to faraway places is always easier because you actually have to plan them, popping over to…
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Castelldefels, The End Of The Season
On impulse I hopped on a bus near my place and headed out to Castelldefels. I have been meaning to go there for a while and a recent wedding in the vicinity reminded me of this. I arrived and instantly picked up on the holiday town ambiance, Barcelona and even Badalona though having beaches feel…
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Argentina, Chacarita Cemetery, Cap Fed
I returned to Buenos Aires this April after being away 4 years. I was lucky with the weather and on the few occasions I took out my DSLR it always seemed to be perfect, most of the shots here have not had a great deal done to them, the most drastic effect being a tonal…
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Caribbean Wedding
Location: Tobago. A wedding in Tobago. I was not working, but I was the Best Man and I have a dread of public speaking, especially when it’s something important like this and hardly spontaneous. I had a lot of time to ponder this day and still could not get what I wanted to say written…
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An Evening in Gatwick
I was flying to Tobago for a wedding (I was best man). The way things transpired I ended up having to stay overnight, having flown in from Barcelona. The groom (Andy) suggested trying the Yotel situated in the South Terminal, it is one of those Japanese style ‘pod’ hotels that you can rent by the…
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Airport Architecture
I love photographing modern architecture and whenever I am in an airport I often find plenty of inspiration, they are invariably modern, spacious and well lit. Of course it is not always that easy these days to take photos, the usual idiotic response from officialdom is that when they see a ‘pro’ type DSLR you…
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The Holiday
Most of these pictures were taken within a very short time frame. I found myself along in the house after everyone had headed to the beach and after having taken so many pictures of the gang, especially the kids, using the ‘instant nostalgia’ app on my iPhone, I was suddenly taken with how quiet the…
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Tamariu Holiday, With Friends
I bought the Hipstamatic app for my iPhone and have been using it quite a lot. Of course any of these photo effects novelties can wear thin very quickly, especially when over used or used on bad subject matter. One good thing in terms of taking actual pictures is how slow the thing is! You…
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The Greek Islands, Again
This was the second summer I had spent in Greece with my friend Andy, last year was with his family and girlfriend, but this year after doing the family thing in July in the Costa Brava we decided to do some island hopping travelling light. We started in Santorini which had some pretty towns that…
Travel Photography: Capturing the Unspoiled Beauty of Greece’s Ionian Islands
Discovering Authentic Greek Island Experiences Beyond Barcelona After relocating to Barcelona, I welcomed the opportunity to reconnect with my friend Andy and his family in a new destination. While they typically vacation in Tamariu along the Costa Brava, this year they chose Greece’s Ionian Islands—offering me the perfect chance to explore this photogenic Mediterranean region…
