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Greenwich Park through the seasons: Summer 2024
This collection is part of a portrait of Greenwich Park through the seasons: These photographs were taken during the height of summer, August 2024
To Cairoma along the Kimsa Cruz cordillera
Not long ago when visiting the country of my birth I decided to visit the lands where my grandparents' properties were located: Cairoma and Araca, south of the city of La Paz.
The stories I heard as a child of long journeys my mother as small children, her brothers and sisters undertook, travelling on baskets either side of mules through mountains, fertile valleys, high altitude planes and multi coloured lakes, on narrow paths, through wind swept canyons so windy that often the pack mules would be pushed to the precipice below.
These childhood images have stayed with me and I have travelled in my imaginations with the images in this collection.
The monochrome photograph shows my father to the left with riding boots next to his father, wearing a hat third from the left; my uncle Alberto, third from the right and his wife the left of my grandfather Molina. This seems to be a marriage of two young locals.
Four instances of a recollection: Lake Titicaca
Part 2 of my travels in La Paz, Bolivia. I was on a boat on my way to Moon and Sun Islands (sacred in the mythology of the Incas), there were about 30 people in all and no one seemed to notice this tree growing in a promontory of rock in the middle of the lake...
Five morning views - La Paz
I am beginning a series of photographs taken in La Paz, Bolivia and countryside.
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Some statues at Pashley Manor and Gardens
A visit to Pashley Manor house and gardens: a beautiful setting for some very creative statues.
The River Rother - Bodiam, East Sussex
Next to Bodiam castle runs a small river, providing a tamed English landscape...
Seven sunsets over the sacred Lake Titicaca
The first of 2 collection on lake Titicaca, sacred for both catholics and Aymara. A 2011 United Nations report found alarming concentrations of cadmium, arsenic, and lead in various parts of the lake. In 2012, the Global Nature Fund nominated the lake "Threatened Lake of the Year".
La Paz, Bolivia: yesterday and today (1975-2023)
I have published a book, back in 1975: "Imágenes Paceñas, lugares y personas". Here you can see the contrast of yesterday and today, 1975 and 2023
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20 Fenchurch Street, London. The Sky Garden
Cerro El Calvario, Copacabana - La Paz, Bolivia
Part 3 of my travel diary to La Paz, Bolivia. This 6 images show the hill of Calvario, or The Way of the Cross, in the small port town of Copacabana located on the southeastern side of Lake Titicaca.