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The new Swampy… and the second battle of Hastings
It seems that the road lobby is on the march again (or should that be driving…). A link road planned between Bexhill and Hastings has meant a whole new generation of young eco-protesters (known as...
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The Kumbh Mela
As you will by now no doubt have seen (by the tsunami of images generated) humanity’s greatest gathering is taking place on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahbad, India. The Kumbh Mela, a...
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Wonderful Machine Blog – The Wazwan
Many thanks to Wonderful Machine for featuring my interview about the Wazwan story on the blog today.
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No you won’t fool the Children of the Revolution
On assignment in Cairo. Interesting days… Egypt – Cairo – A young demonstrator atop a statue beckons for his friends to join him in protest against the Egyptian government
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The sands and the sacred texts
It’s deeply saddening to discover that in Mali, militants seem to have systematically destroyed much of West Africa’s Islamic heritage by ransacking and torching the libraries that hold priceless...
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Football in the City of the Dead
Wandering in Cairo on assignment… Egypt – Cairo – Boys play football in an alleyway in the Northern Cemetery known as the City of the Dead
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The boy with the facepack
Amazing what you find walking the streets of Cairo (my new favourite city I think)… Egypt – Cairo – A young man smokes a shisha pipe outside an ahwa (coffeehouse) whilst wearing a facepack to look...
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The girl at the Mosque
A third image from Cairo Egypt – Cairo – A young woman wearing a headscarf in the courtyard of the Ibn Tulun Mosque
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A very Indian intimacy
Appropriately on Valentine’s Day, the New York Times carries a piece today about the changing landscape of romance and especially kissing in Indian society. During my project about documenting...
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Tearsheet – Eating Pests
Here’s a recent tearsheet for the German Magazine, Effilee of an article that I wrote and photographed about a particular response to non-native invasive (alien) species – Muntjac Deer, Grey Squirrel...
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Monkeying about on the Hooghly
Working in Bengal. Nice monkeys… India – Chandanagore – A Langur mother and child on a wall by the river Hooghly
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My best tearsheet… probably
Last week I was on assignment for a magazine in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu photographing the French influence on the place. As you can see, my presence didn’t go unnoticed… The local newspaper decided...
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Crows and washing
India – Kolkata – Crows on the banks of the Hooghly sit by a washing line
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From my Delhi window…
Glanced out of my window this afternoon and saw this chap… India – New Delhi – A hawk sits in a tree
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Tearsheet – Monocle
Here’s a spread from this month’s Monocle Magazine of a story I shot for them a few weeks ago in Pondicherry, the former French territory in southern India. I’ll post a couple of my favourite images...
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Pondicherry encore…
Following yesterday’s entry with the tearsheet from the Monocle assignment, I thought I’d show some images that I was pleased with but didn’t make the final edit. Funnily enough, I’d just shot and...
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At work…
Recently, researching a new story in Rwanda, I remembered that my translator back in 2005 was a very talented chap called John Tugirimana and that he’d painted a cartoon of me at work…
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San Pedro Sula
Very saddened to read that the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula is now the most violent place on Earth as reported in today’s Guardian. I remember shooting a small story there about young people...
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Tearsheet – Brand Eins (Neuland)
Here’s a recent tearsheet from the German Magazine Brand Eins Neuland. They commissioned me to interview three former alumni of Jacobs University for a special edition on the city of Bremen. I...
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Hooray for Bollywood…
This month marks the centenary of Bollywood – the garish, larger-than-life dream factory that enraptures Indian audiences worldwide. Five years ago I was commissioned by the Sunday Times Magazine to...
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