By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
The boat nuzzled up to the ‘berg, a dozen photographers clustered as near as the rail would permit – a unique composition amongst a region packed with photo opportunities. Alone, the ice pool is visually interesting, a puzzle as to how it came to be – on top of the iceberg as it is. In […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
Catching up. Awake at 04:30; having arrived on an intercontinental (but still local) flight in Danish Greenland and a second hop on a prop jet to Ilulissat, my body clock was all over the show. The time was irrelevant, it was light and looking out from behind the blinds, this view had me pulling on […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
So, windmills! You can’t have been expecting that for Amsterdam photos, right ? OK, jut kidding with this one. But most people traveling to Holland to photograph its beautiful capital do so with leafy canals, houseboats and tall, narrow red brick houses in mind. And while there’s certainly an abundance of that around, as described […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
I recently read that Amsterdam official didn’t see too kindly to their city being called the Venice of the North. They insist that they are doing their very best to ensure Holland’s capital doesn’t become a museum town empty of real people and the everyday life other capitals are home to. And it’s fair to […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
The weather hasn’t been good since I got here on Monday. Rain or not, these two icons of the city just had to be photographed.
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
Copenhagen; it might be chilly and raining, but apparently nothing can dampen a Dane’s ardour. At least there’s somewhere to leave his bike…
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
– “But dad, you promised!” – “I know sweetie but my buddy Franck’s going to photograph that incredible ice cascade. It’s all white in a dark green setting and the water under the ice has that pale blue glow because of bacteria. It’s only frozen a few days a year and he’s invited me to […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
The ingredients are simple. But as with all Camargue food, the taste is strong. Take one bullring. Not Sevilla or Nimes. A small village arena frequented only by the locals in a tiny area of France located around the Rhône delta and preferably beaten by a scorching sun. Water until not slippery. Add a sprinkling of […]
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By Philip Partridge | Travel Photography
In 1933 novelist James Hilton described Shangri-La as a mystical harmonious valley enclosed at the western end of the Kunlun Mountains (in northwest Tibet). The history of West Tibet was lost in the passage of the centuries and is the subject of serious archeological interest in the present age. Ladakh lies a few hundred kilometres […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Inaugurating a new series of short posts about one specific photographic moment, one travel memory, is this picture of Istanbulites and tourists sitting down for the indispensable cup of tea or fishing away the afternoon, next to the Karaköy ferry terminal. I like that the group in the center is looking off to the right […]
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