It’s a recurring theme we see all over the world. Something interesting occurs, and a hundred cell phones pop up in the hands of people who couldn’t bear the possibility of loosing out on it’s video recording. This could be anything from a street performer to a fancy car going by. What got me really thinking about it was during the Signal Festival in Prague when an amazing light show beamed upon this grande cathedral. Animated fast flash candy to […]
A few days in Brussels with my Camera
The City of Brussels is a largely french speaking city in Belgium and is Belgium’s capital. For travellers or street photographers, it makes an excellent gateway to other nearby cities, but Brussels itself is not to be missed. As the unofficial head of the European union, it is home to many diplomats, journalists, and frequently visited by heads of state. Continually asked for money from begging gypsies of which some may be considered “professional beggers”, I spent some time in […]
Berlin’s TV Tower (Fernsehturm) and Soviet Era Communist Construction
The contrast between buildings in the Soviet Era East Berlin is remarkable. Similar to other large, bland, and intimidating concrete structures erected by the Soviets in Eastern Europe, the former East Berlin has plenty of them. In typical communist fashion, one concrete structure looks strikingly similar (but not better) to the next. They are all concrete with lots of windows. Boring… dull… intimidating. The erection of Berlin’s TV Tower (Berliner Fernsehturm) in the late 60’s was to show East Berlin’s […]
We Are All People Even Though We Don’t Speak The Same Language
Wondering around Poznan in Poland, we walked into recommended restaraunt for cheaply priced Polish food. Unfortunately, as we just arrived in Poland, our ability to read Polish was pretty minimal. This was actually the first place we hit that we didn’t understand or recognize anything on the menu at all. We politely asked the old lady behind the counter if she had an English menu. After some heaitation, in Seinfeld, Soup Nazi, “No Soup For You!” fashion, she gave an […]
Saturday Night and a Sunday Morning in Poznań’s Old Town Square
Sitting directly between Warsaw and Berlin, Poznań has been an important European city for centuries. As typical with many European cities in the area, Poznan was destroyed in World War II. Careful reconstruction has brought back it’s old city charm, which is beautiful and apparent walking throughout the city and especially in and around Stary Rynek (Old Town Square). Here in the Old Town Square on Saturday nights, restaurant goers and party goers meet, mingle, eat or party all night, […]
A Spectacled Bear Cub Is Exploited at Machu Picchu…
We recently ascended up Machu Picchu mountain early in the morning to get a wonderful view of Machu Picchu. We hiked about an hour and a half up to the top of the mountain, and were treated to an incredible view of Machu Picchu. Once we got to the top, we stayed for a while. After taking a few pictures and walking around the summit, more and more tourists started piling up. We started to have a small lunch when […]
Fog & Rain at Arnarstapi Iceland
When weather and visibility conditions are poor, your trekking plans for the day become a little trickier as does your photography. Conditions were poor. It was raining. It was foggy. It was windy. I still saw beauty, and I wanted to capture it. After about 20 attempts, I was able to take a picture of this scene that I really liked. Demonstrating the variation of colour in the water, I’m happy with the gloomy look in the photograph as it […]
Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni – Lithium and Poverty
With the world moving towards electric cars and the never ending consumption of personal electronic devices, lithium will be the oil of the future. Estimates are that between 50% and 70% of the world’s lithium can be found within Bolivia’s Salar de Uyani (Uyani salt flats). Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, campaigned in 2009 on a promise he would invest almost a billion dollars in exploration and extraction of mining lithium from the Salar de Uyani, and up until now has […]
Salinas de Maras – A community co-op that pre-dates the Incas
The Salinas de Maras outside of Cusco, Peru. These salt ponds pre-date inca times, and are harvested by families living in the community. The co-op system in place also originates from the same era; in this system each family in the community has the right to control and harvest one of the salt ponds. This is one of the few places in the world where pink salt can be found. The red colour visible on the side of the mountain […]
A Portrait In Havana…
I’m not sure what his sign said. It certainly wasn’t the most touristy part of Havana, but I did have a brief chat with him, and asked if I could snap this portrait. Nice guy. Photo. “Unkown Sign”. Havana Cuba. 2015. This post is part of an ongoing series called “Havana”.
