Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorised |
I have decided to return to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia this week (for the journey through my photographic archives) which are the home to the King Penguin. While many of my posts have focused on penguins such as the Chinstrap, Gentoo and Adelie, I have...
Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorised |
Last week I wrote about the World War I photographs of Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer, who documented Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). While glancing through my bookshelves, I realised that I had a copy of The Diaries of Frank...
May 31, 2020 | Uncategorised |
Late this week we learned that the restrictions on our movement would be lifted a little which means that we are now able to drive to exercise. However, for this week’s images I decided to choose what might be the last of my photographs taken from our garden...
May 28, 2020 | Uncategorised |
I have travelled to South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Kenya in search of the Big 5 and more. My favourites are the Big Cats and particularly the Cheetah but I have also selected a few of the other animals I have encountered over the years. And...
May 26, 2020 | Uncategorised |
It is Frank Hurley’s photographs of the Endurance Expedition (1914-17) to Antarctica, for which he is best remembered – alongside the moving images of Hurley sitting at the top of the mast or on the bowsprit for the best vantage point. His most iconic image is...
May 25, 2020 | Uncategorised |
“The Ephemeral Hiddenness of Skye is about trying to capture those fleeting glimpses of an Island that most people never see, and I almost feel as if Skye reveals itself to me in a way it doesn’t with other people.” (Alison Price from film voiceover...
