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        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
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        • Canada
        • Chile
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        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
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        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
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    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
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  • Cape Verde,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Cape Verde street art

    June 3, 2022 / 27 Comments
    Large mural of woman's head wearing a colourful headscarf

    Most people visit Cape Verde for the classic three Ss: sun, sea and sand. We came mainly for the first of these, in search of some February warmth. In truth it wasn’t as warm as we’d hoped, so maybe it was a good thing we had relatively little interest in the other two.

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    Looking down on faded yellow-painted buildings

    Campo da Morte Lenta: Camp of the Slow Death

    March 31, 2021
    Lady in bright carnival costume

    Carnival parade in Praia, Cape Verde

    January 18, 2021
  • London,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: some street art in London’s Brick Lane

    May 14, 2022 / 48 Comments
    Brick Lane street sign and small butterfly mural

    Brick Lane, in London’s East End, was once among the poorest slums in the capital. It takes its name from the 15th century brick and tile production based in this area. Like all poor city districts it became a magnet for various groups of immigrants over the centuries. First Jews, then French Huguenots, then Irish established communities here over the centuries, and later Bangladeshi-Sylheti immigrants settled here and made the street famous for its restaurants.

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    Green bird with red stripe on head

    Gallery: discovering birdlife in Bushy Park

    April 9, 2021
    Three tiny multi-coloured paintings on ridged metal surface

    Gallery: the Chewing Gum Man

    August 13, 2021
    Back of a head wearing Union Jack hat

    When the Olympics came to London, 2012

    February 23, 2021
  • Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: art on the streets of Faro

    April 15, 2022 / 33 Comments
    Mural with three faces

    Never go back, they say. And in fact, I rarely do. But occasionally I make an exception, and especially if I have fallen for a place while visiting without my husband and want to introduce him to it. Riga and Tallinn were in the past such places, and now Faro, on Portugal’s Algarve coast, has joined them.

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    Sculpture of a cat on a roof

    Gallery: meet the many cats of Riga

    September 25, 2021
    Stylised female statue head

    The art on the Tyne

    December 11, 2021
    Wall painting of a blue hummingbird

    Gallery: spotting street art in Sant Elena

    February 26, 2022
  • Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: just passing by (street art)

    March 18, 2022 / 27 Comments
    Man passing a bright wall painting on a dark building

    When I photograph street art I am conscious that for the most part the success of the image depends on the quality of the piece of art itself, and that any creativity involved is that of the original artist, not mine as a photographer. So I often try to create something new by involving a passer-by, or two.

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    Three large sculptures in a landscape

    Gallery: the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

    September 4, 2021
    Colourful manhole cover

    Gallery: the humble manhole cover as public art

    June 22, 2021
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021
  • Costa Rica,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: spotting street art in Sant Elena

    February 26, 2022 / 48 Comments
    Wall painting of a blue hummingbird

    I didn’t go to Costa Rica to see street art; like most visitors, my main interests were in its landscapes and its wildlife. The country is famous for being one of the most biodiverse in the world. So maybe it’s not so surprising after all to see that biodiversity celebrated on the streets of Sant Elena, the main tourist hub in the Monteverde region.

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    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022
    Looking over tree tops to a cloud covered mountain

    Hanging bridges and butterflies

    March 15, 2022
    Rough wooden sign on the edge of a beach

    A short (hot) walk around Guiones

    March 31, 2022
  • CBWC,  Lens-Artists,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Thursday Doors

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022 / 55 Comments
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    When I started blogging almost eighteen months ago I had no idea that the blogosphere was full of challenges, and it took me some time to discover them. Once I did, I was hooked, and especially on photo challenges.

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    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 2022
    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
  • Bulgaria,  Monday walks,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a walk in colourful Kapana

    December 18, 2021 / 17 Comments
    Sign saying Kapana in Cyrillic letters

    Plovdiv’s Kapana district is an object lesson in how to transform run-down into lively, neglected into loved. In this part of the city , a maze of small streets follows much the same pattern as the Ottoman souk which once stood here, although the mainly wooden buildings of that era are long since gone. The very name, Kapana, recalls that maze, as it means ‘Trap’; once among these streets it was hard to find your way out!

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    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020
    Exterior of brick mosque with dome and minaret

    The Square of Religious Tolerance in Sofia

    April 6, 2021
    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
  • London,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a street art walk in Shoreditch

    November 6, 2021 / 38 Comments
    Mural of girl's face with birds for hair

    If you want to find street art in London (and I mean LOTS of street art) you could do far worse than to head to Shoreditch. This trendy (albeit some say ex-trendy) district is a mecca for enthusiasts, both those who create and those, like me, who go to admire.

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    Bee on a yellow flower

    Gallery: it’s all in the details

    May 2, 2021
    Large red bird with white face and beak

    Gallery: a February selection

    March 1, 2022
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022
  • England,  Lens-Artists,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the colourful street art of Brighton

    October 17, 2021 / 39 Comments
    Large mural of orangutan with a baby

    When the Prince Regent (later King George IV) built his seaside retreat in the small fishing village of Brighthelmstone in 1842, he didn’t know what he was starting. Or maybe he did? After all, all the fashionable world of his time followed his lead in everything, so it was only to be expected that they would follow him to the town that soon became known as Brighton.

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    Limestone building in garden among trees

    Special treats: The Black Swan at Oldstead

    February 2, 2021
    Clothes hanging on a white wooden door

    Gallery: the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden in St Ives

    April 4, 2021
    Yellow stone cottage with roses growing around it

    Yes, I remember Adlestrop

    June 17, 2021
  • Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: the street art of Pioneer Square

    October 13, 2021 / 22 Comments
    Brick wall with assortment of paintings

    Pioneer Square was once the heart of Seattle, home to the city’s first permanent white settlers. But in 1889 their wooden buildings burned in the Great Fire of Seattle, to be replaced by imposing brick and stone ones in the then-fashionable Romanesque Revival style of urban architecture. Today it is a vibrant district with plenty of street art.

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    Huge statues of young women holding a stone map above an empty road

    The Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification

    September 18, 2021
    Large mural of woman's head wearing a colourful headscarf

    Gallery: Cape Verde street art

    June 3, 2022
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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