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Reach For The Sky!

May 07, 2015 • 1 Comment

I have been privileged twice in my life, once in London and once in New York, to live on the 40th floor of a residential tower. This image is of the St. George Wharf Tower in Vauxhall, London, a recent, 50-storey addition to the skyline, which is now the tallest residential building in London. My personal experience was that it was better to be loo...

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Oh! That Light!

May 02, 2015 • 1 Comment

Sitting in a friend’s kitchen one Summer’s day in Dallas 10 years ago, I was gripped with awe, when I saw the harsh light of mid-day pierce the trees outside and the fronds of an intervening household plant, before exploding inside the heads of flowers adorning a vase. The purple of the flowers and the cobalt blue of the vase’ seemed to enhance eac...

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Eiffel Snow

April 24, 2015 • 1 Comment

This image reflects the knife-sharp cold and snow-swept visual conditions of an otherwise enchanting Winter’s day. Unusually for Paris, it was painful to handle the camera for long without gloves and not easy to stay warm, despite semi-Arctic clothing, but the camera was able to function normally. Thank-you Nikon! Stark Beauty This is a colou...

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Pont de la Concorde

April 19, 2015 • 1 Comment

That light! This image was taken in the early evening during May, when the golden light of sunset in the West was slanting to a low angle. The colour and quality of the light was arresting, as it seemed to enhance the age and mystery of this bridge, which witnessed the birth pangs of the Revolution during its own construction. A Bridge Over T...

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La Coupole de Jacques

April 10, 2015 • 1 Comment

This magnificent Art Nouveau cupola is the 1912 work of the architect Ferdinand Chanut, and his glass artist Jacques Gruber, who was also a cabinet maker and painter. Built around 10 metal pillars supported on a magnificent, operatic, circle of balconies, it translates the sky into a psychedelic frenzy of colours and shapes designed to excite the e...

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