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The Breadwall: ceramic mural by David Gilhooly
If you live in Calgary and love to travel, you might have passed by this ceramic mural on your way to the passport office in the Harry Hayes Building. My eyes were opened up to the literal as well as … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Art & Design, Calgary, Canada, Photography, Street photography
Tagged ceramic mural, ceramics, David Gilhooly, FrogWorld, Harry Hayes Building, The Breadwall
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The Village Chippy in Yorkshire
Yorkshire Fish ‘n’ Chips and Beer Yorkshire Fish ‘n’ Chips, without any doubt of mind, the best in the world but there’s one sure way to make them better. And that’s to have them in the pub with some good … Continue reading
Posted in Documentary photography, England, Food and agriculture, Photography, Social documentary photography, Street photography, Travel
Tagged beer, Bradfield Brewery, car park, Farmers Blonde, fast food, fish and chips, food, food truck, haddock, Leeds, Marine Stewardship Council, mobile, MSC, pub, take-away, The Fox, The Village Chippy, Thorner, van, van life, Yorkshire
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Writing about Images: 17 pics from ’17
Sustainability Sports and music dominated my photography in 2017 as I was unable to make a field trip to Peru to continue with my long-term assignment on sustainable development. I did, however, enter a short film called Sugar in … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Climate Action, Cosplay, Cycling, Dance, Documentary photography, England, Films, Heritage, Hockey, Music, NIXON Films, Peru, Pets, Photography, Rugby, Sports, Sports photography, Street photography, Sustainable Development, Travel, Travel photography, USA
Tagged Alberta Female Hockey League, Arya the Airedale, Atlantic Rock, BC Bears, Beavers, Blitzboks, Boots & The Hoots, Bow Valley, Calgary Canucks, Calgary Folk Music Festival Fall Concert Series, Calgary Hornets, Calgary Mavericks, Calgary Stampede Parade, Canada Cup West, comedy, Cosplay, Cosplayers, cycling, Dance, Dickens Pub, Edmonton, Edmonton Gold, England, Evan Huffman, Festival Hall, Film Competition, Georgia, Global Sport Academy, H Kath Surbey, Hockey Alberta, HSBC Canada Rugby Sevens, Inglewood, international rugby, James O’Niell, Jennifer Nixon, Kelowna, Mac’s Midget AAA Hockey Tournament, Mark “Boots” Graham, Mark Malone, Missoula, Montana, Nate Hilts, Nite Owl, Ontario Blues, performance, Peru, portrait, Prairie Wolfpack, Raíces del Perú, Rally Cycling, Røde Reel, Regina Pat Canadians, Remembrance Day, Rocky Mountain Raiders, Romania, Rugby 7s, Rugby Photographer, Ryan Boldt, Scoitiabank Saddledome, Sevens rugby, Silber Pro Cycling, Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, South Africa, Stix Hockey, sugar, sugarcane, Team USA, The Dead South, The Deep Dark Woods, Tour de France, Tour of Alberta, U-20 rugby, William Nixon, Wolves in the Throne Room, World Photo Day
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We are all Villagers! Ice cream in Marda Loop, Calgary
Do you recall a moment in your childhood about ice cream and summer? Maybe a cone on the beach, when the sand got mingled with the runny deliciousness to give it that unwanted gritty feeling? Or the angst, and maybe … Continue reading
Happy Yorkshire Day to all Tykes and Yorkshire lovers around the world
Happy Yorkshire Day! Here is a short selection of photos to celebrate the broad acres of the biggest county of England and its people, The Tykes, wherever you hang out in the world. Please visit my earlier blog post to explore ten … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Cycling, Pets, Photography, Social documentary photography, Sports, Street photography, Travel, Travel photography
Tagged Airedale, Airedale Terrier, Andy Goldsworthy, Anthony Caro, Arya Stark, Arya the Airedale, beer, bronze, England, Game of Thrones, Henry Moore, KAWS, Last Best, pub, sculpture, Show Pony, Sol Le Witt, The Grouse, Timothy Taylor's, Tour de France, Wild rose Brewery, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beer, Yorkshire Day, Yorkshire Pubs, Yorkshire Rose, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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Fishermen, reeds and boats of Huanchaco, Peru
Little horses (caballitos) line up along a stretch of beach in front of Huanchaco, Peru. It’s around 7 o’clock on an August morning, the winter, off-season for holiday visitors to this popular coastal town about 13 km west of the … Continue reading
Posted in Documentary photography, En español, Environmental documentary photography, Food and agriculture, Heritage, Peru, Photography, Social documentary photography, Street photography, Sustainable Development, Travel photography, Urban Field Trip
Tagged agriculture, beach, Caballito de Totora, Chita, coast, culture, farming, fish, fishing, food production, Huanchaco, Moche, Moche culture, Pacific Ocean, reed boat, reeds, sand dune, Schoenoplectus californicus, Suco, totora, totora reeds, traditional, Trujillo, wetland, wetlands
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