Ankor Wat

Ankor Wat City Temple is the largest Cambodian temple complex built for the king in the 12th century as his state temple and capital city. it has become the symbol of Cambodia and a huge attraction for tourists. Recent restoration works have been carried out at the site. The temple is part of the Ankor world heritage site established in 1992.

Dharavi Slum

Asia' Largest slum, Dharavi lies in the middle of India's financial capital - mumbai. it is home to more than a million people, a city within a city, an unending stretch of narrow lanes, open sewers and cramped huts. Rent in the slum is as low as 4 dollars a month. Located between Mumbais two main rail lines, its pretty central and convenient for work. It may be a slum by name but the people here are among the happiest you will meet, have everything they need. there is a real sense of community as you walk through its crowded narrow lane ways.

Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu is nepal's biggest city and the core of the kathmandu valley along with neighboring cities patan and bhaktapur. over the course of two weeks spent there, it was hard not to notice the number of street kids sucking air from empty bags of glue, orphanages, traffic congestion and pollution that sits above the city. If you ever feel like some volunteer work, why not an orphanage in Nepal. The kids there will more than likely teach you more than you will them.

The Streets of Varanasi

Varanasi is the city of light, the city of Lord Shiva, temples and ashrams, spiritual, religious, rich in arts, music, dance and colour. If you want to experience what life may be like in india, this is a good place to start. The city is considered the most sacred place for all hindus and bathing in the holy waters of the ganges is said to prevent reincarnation. However bathing in the ganges was not for me, My Irish immune system wouldn't stand this indian test.

Vietnam - North to South

i exchanged my passport with a man in the street in hue for his 200cc motorbike. I paid him 20 dollars a day for the bike, i phone you when i reach my destination, you come pick up your bike and return my passport was the deal. Two weeks later after riding through the mountains along the ho chi minh trail, i decide to call this guy. He arrived the next day, at least i think it was him, he got his bike back and i got my passport. The mans bike got me most of these photo opportunities. One or two you may recognize as halong bay in the north and saigon down south.

District Six Township

Embarrassed when asked how to make poteen and not knowing, i drank the local township brew. It was like porridge and i imagine it would take a barrell of this drink to get you even a little tipsy. The township bar was called the shebeen, and the recipe for poteen would have made these men very happy. These photos were taken in District Six, the former inner residential area of cape town. now it is a city slum best known for its removal of 60000 inhabitants during the apartheid.

Kashmir

A warning not to go here April 2008 was ignored, a week later protests and riots resulting from the maltreatment of kashmiri detainees in and outside the state. i had to leave with tour guide and head for manali. if i was there now i wouldn't have left, i would have went to the riots with my camera. the nomadic people in the hills outside pahalgam were the subject of my camera in kashmir.

Where the Earth meets the Sky

The photos in this library were taken over the twelve months of 2008. Reoccurring locations beings namibia's fiery sand dunes, new zealand's reflective lakes and snow capped peaks and the beautiful Altiplano planes around northern chile and southern bolivia. Other destinations included are Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia and the Roof of the world - the Himalayas in northern Nepal.

Sulawesi

i traveled to Rantepao in Sulawesi and was lucky enough to get invited to a tana torajan funeral in the month of August 2008. They have a custom of killing a number of pigs and buffaloes according to the status of the deceased. its amazing to see how well organised the whole affair is and more so the expression on peoples faces as the sacrificing of animals takes place. This is a unique funeral tradition, with ceremonies that reflect a blend of grief and wealth.

Potosi Mines

Potosi, the highest city in the world with a wealth of silver mines that once made europeans rich. people here still struggle to find silver working 16 hour days, 300 - 500 meters deep in a mine shaft with very little to no protection or safety gear. Dynamite and coca leaves are their only wordy possesions. Kids as young as 14 years old fly past pushing cartloads of rubble to the surface. Impoverished miners here struggle to survive in hope of the next explosion bringing them wealth. Look up a film called '' los mineros del diablo'' - the devils miners.

Tentena Market

all the local people rush to the weekly market in search of the white buffaloes. more exclusive and more expensive than all the black buffaloes. People are more curious to see who is going to buy it than buying it themselves. A local man laughed and said to me ''you have big mercedes in your town, we have big white buffaloes''.

Abstract

This library contains few images. close up photography, playing with exposures, different viewpoints, experimenting really. I will add more to it in time.