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Selected Work — 31 photographs

Nature

Lakes, coasts, valleys and one very small architect — the world before and after the cities.

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Purple and orange sunset over a rocky shoreline with palm silhouettes, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka The day burning down over the reef

A spider on its web against a green, sunlit background, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford — Oxford, England An architect at work in the meadow

Hazy orange sunset with the sun breaking through cloud over the Western Ghats, Thekkady — Thekkady, India The sun, negotiating with the cloud

Silhouetted line of schoolchildren walking across a vast hazy beach at low light, India — India A small migration across the sand

Panorama of Viterbo with a domed church, umbrella pines and a green park under a blue sky — Viterbo, Italy Viterbo keeps its dome to the sky

A person in red walking along a sandy beach seen through a frame of bleached driftwood branches, Ireland — Wexford, Ireland Framed by what the sea spat out

Glendalough Upper Lake between green and rocky mountains under a bright sky, County Wicklow, Ireland — Glendalough, Ireland The valley holds its breath

A mallard duck dabbling at the pebbly edge of a sunlit river, Glendalough, Ireland — Glendalough, Ireland Low water for a duck

Hikers walking a gravel path through the Glenealo valley at Glendalough with a distant waterfall, Ireland — Glendalough, Ireland Small against the glen

Children reaching up to coin-operated binoculars at the Chocolate Hills viewpoint, Bohol, Philippines — Bohol, Philippines Seeing the hills

Two contrails crossing in a blue winter sky framed by bare tree branches, Kraków — Kraków, Poland A crossing overhead

The green Penna river running through the red rock canyon at Gandikota, Andhra Pradesh, India — Gandikota, India The Penna's slow work

A hiker with a backpack descending a narrow mountain ridge path in the Apennines under low cloud — Monti Simbruini, Italy The ridge line

A calm reservoir surrounded by densely forested green hills under a blue sky in the Basque Country — Loyola, Spain Basque green

White chalk cliffs above a pebble and sand beach at low tide on the Normandy coast — Normandy, France The alabaster coast

A juvenile gull flying low over breaking surf on the Normandy coast — Normandy, France Working the surf

Sunrise breaking over a forested ridge in Kerala with dramatic rays fanning through clouds — Kerala, India Seven in the morning

A dense wall of overlapping green ivy leaves filling the whole frame, Karnataka — Karnataka, India Given to green

An orange sun setting through silhouetted bare tree branches in Karnataka, India — Karnataka, India Through the branches

Two spotted doves perched close together on a power line among silhouetted palm trees, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka The morning conference

Sigiriya rock fortress rising from forested plains seen from Pidurangala rock with a boulder in the foreground, Sri Lanka — Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Lion Rock holds court

The dome of St Peter's Basilica seen through a gap in dark garden foliage in the Vatican Gardens — Vatican City Through the leaves

White surf churning over dark flat rocks seen from above on the Palermo coast — Palermo, Italy The sea insists

Railway tracks converging at a set of points with overhead wires and a wooded hillside behind, Germany — Germany The points

Silhouette of bare, leafless tree branches against a golden and orange sunset sky with dramatic clouds, Normandy — Normandy, France The sky catching fire

White daisies backlit against a blue and orange dusk sky, with tall grass and water in the blurred background, Normandy — Normandy, France Daisies past sundown

Silhouette of a large tree against a deep blue dusk sky overlooking the sea horizon, Normandy — Normandy, France The blue hour

White chalk cliffs and a coastal town seen across a wide bay, with wind turbines on the hill behind, Dieppe — Dieppe, France Chalk face, rooftops, turbines

Close-up of ripening wheat ears with a spider web strung between the stalks, hedgerow blurred in the background — France Claiming the tallest ear

Frost-covered sparse vegetation backlit against bright blue sky, creating white crystalline silhouette against clear background — Corteconcepción, Spain The frost line

Silhouetted flowering branches and foliage backlit by golden sunrise, creating warm amber glow through plant structures — Corteconcepción, Spain Flowers catching fire

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