It can rival the ruins at Pompei, Persepolis in Iran or the Aztec and Mayan temples in South America. The mid-century temple complexes in South India near Hampi. Here too, a civilisation built its temples and left a picture of their lives. This is a piece of a frieze that wraps around a temple over dozens of metres. It is still a glimpse of a society hundreds of years ago. There is music and dancing, camels being driven, horses ridden by soldiers. Hunters shoot their arrows and hounds pounce on their prey. It is a vivid image from the past and one can have nothing but the utmost admiration for the stonemasons who brought idt to life at the time. They are images from a past but still recognisable to us
My great loves are the water and everything about it. Ships, travel, history and photography. The combination is therefore very common in my photographic work. Most photographs are created intuitively. It is an image that strikes me, usually a combination of form and color in which a.. Read more…