A stupa on the path at Dengboche, photo taken under moonlight around 3amA first real experience of “Nepal Flat”… for today we only gain a little bit of altitude; we end up climbing over 1,000 mtrs and descending over 700 mtrs. It is a glorious days walking through wooded land and steep valleys, rhododendron and pine tree forests. Continue reading “Day 5 – Namche Bazaar to Deboche”
Looking up the valley towards Mt Everest.A necessary part of any high altitude trekking is taking time for us sea-level dwellers to acclimatise to the lower levels of oxygen. So, here we are today, in the first major stop, since Edmund Hillary, in Namche Bazaar, on a loop hike, going up and coming back down to sleep. Continue reading “Day 4 – Namche Bazaar, Acclimatisation”
View up the valley of the Dhudh Kosi river. Namche lies to the left of the peak in the distance.A first day of altitude begins, 800 mtrs to climb, to arrive at Namche Bazaar. Continue reading “Day 3 – Monjo to Namche Bazaar”
The second day begins with a walk off the main path, which is busy, busy, busy with so many porters, yaks, and more Continue reading “Day 2 – Ghat to Monjo”
Porter carrying over 50kg, Ghat.We land in Lukla, one of the world’s most challenging airports, and its a short walk down to Ghat… Continue reading “Day 1 – Lukla to Ghat”
A week exploring Arles for this year’s (2019) Les Rencontres de la Photographie. Continue reading “A week in Arles – 2018”
The Kaleida series represents images that are particularly tailored toward presentation in commercial or large residential spaces. They are made up of several pieces that are hung with slight gaps – the depiction of the images below with white borders is to convey this feature. Continue reading “Kaleida Imagery”
A week in Arles, of photos, among ancient stones, stories, the heat in the height of summer amidst the fields and the light of Provence. Les Rencontres de la Photographie is a festival, a meeting place for photographers, of many years, from a small, revolutionary, beginning to an international festival, all within the confines of a city that dates back, and is still peppered with the vestiges of, Rome’s presence in Gaul and overlays of medieval church and fortifications on those foundations. Continue reading “A week in Arles – 2017”
