Las Vegas

January 1 2024 · film-photography monochrome
The strip

The strip

Las Vegas, baby. I was visiting for a work conference so I brought a couple of film cameras along with me. I wanted to shoot gonzo-style – black and white film, high contrast, shooting from the hip, and capturing impromptu scenes within casinos and along the strip. I needed to be able to shoot quickly within the smog filled casinos. For …


Hydra

North coast

North coast

My recent travels around Egypt and Greece were inspired by Lawrence Durrell’s writing. He was a self-proclaimed islomaniac, someone that the “mere knowledge that they are on an island, a little world surrounded by the sea, fills them with an indescribable intoxication”. Durrell was a poet, novelist, and travel writer, and …


Athens

On the acropolis

On the acropolis

Creating ancient structures

Creating ancient structures

Gray-eyed

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Once Upon a Time in Egypt

Once upon a time in Giza.

Once upon a time in Giza.

The Pyramids are difficult to photograph. You’re close enough to touch them and yet they’re so fucking big. Standing at the base and looking up the how did they make that? factor comes into play. The individual blocks themselves, made out of limestone, are the height of a tiktok influencer – make …