The Last Bastion

“We are losing the culture of the middle east — thousands of years of culture is being lost. And this culture is not mine, it is important for the world.”

People expressed concern when I said I was venturing off to Iran. I had all kinds of interesting reactions to my…

Lepcha Museum, Kalimpong

“Just as the stars cannot fall to earth, the Lepcha people cannot disappear.”

The layer of beauty

“Iran has a thin skin of beauty but underneath is disaster.”

To write about Iran is a paradox. There are two sides to this story — the grim and the beautiful. It is true, it is a place of great beauty with a history that expands your sense of time. You can wander the…

A tumultuous undercurrent

We flew into Ataturk airport in Istanbul just as a thunderstorm was brewing. Fat raindrops ran fast along the…

A Georgian fling

Where Orthodox is God, and Capitalism is King.

Kishna & Babaori

Udaipur, India

The house of Ms Vera Vas

Bangalore, India

a photo a day

Every day I walk between my house and my work. It takes about two minutes.
Each day I take a photo of something that I observe.
There is so much life in that small space.

TPPA protest, Wellington NZ

Yesterday thousands of people marched through the streets across New Zealand in opposition to the Trans…

“Clean up your own mess”

There’s a desolate set of buildings as you travel along State Highway 4 in the centre of the North Island, New…