It´s been a while since I last had a chance to update my blog, but here we are this time coming from India, that´s right I´m back in India and what an incredible place this is, despite my numerous trips here it still fascinates me in so many ways. I flew into Calcutta during the monsoon season, with the humidity hovering around the 90% mark, I was hoping to do a story on the rickshaw pullers that opperate here. These folks have
Read more... →Penang has a very rich culture, full of life from all over Asia with these cultures come there various traditions and arts. The Penang Heritage Trust was formed some 25 years ago and was instrumental when Georgtown received its world heritage status 3 years ago. For the last month I´ve been working closely with the Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) on a project to promote and seek apprentices for some of the traditional artisans that are slowly disappearing as the aging masters struggle to find appropriate students
Read more... →I’ve had a busy couple of weeks here in Penang firstly shooting for the fine folk at the Penang Heritage Trust and secondly Georgetown festival kicked off at the beginning of the month – with much in the way of live music, theatre and arts. Once I´ve got the all clear, I´ll be telling you in full about the work I´m currently shooting until then enjoy a couple of images from the festival. Japanese violin prodigy Nanaco has been performing
Read more... →I´ve recently returned from some far off hidden paradises where electricity is a luxury and the Internet, well that´s some far off dream of the crazies. I love places like this the peace and tranquility, living in harmony with nature, farming in ways that have remained unchanged in centuries. One of those places is the small coastal village of Lamalera on the island of Lembatta in Eastern Indonesia. Here the whole village relies heavily on the fishermen, as they have
Read more... →- I’ve been trying to get this uploaded for weeks now, it’s been pretty frustrating, it was actually written a couple of weeks ago and it´s taken me this long to process the images and find a suitable internet connection to upload everything, its pretty image heavy but I think it´ll be worth the wait. In the last 10 days I´ve climbed 3 different volcanoes the last of which, Ijen, I climbed 5 times. Why? Keep reading to find out.
Read more... →Unbeknown to myself, Georgetown (on the island of Penang, off the East coast of Malaysia) is home to a population of Chinese clans who actually live on the sea just off the coast of this fascinating city. There wooden houses are raised above the waters on concrete and wooden stilts. There are currently 6 different jetties that house an estimated 1000 Chinese immigrants who have been based here for over 100 years. There used to be more jetties but
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