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Victoriano Conde Retes opens a shipping case containing the pump for a new water well in Quebrada Verde, Lima, Peru (digitized from Fujichrome slide film taken Sep 21, 1997). Victoriano Conde Retes abre una caja de envío que contiene la bombea para el nuevo pozo de agua en Quebrada verde, Lima, Peru (21 de sep., 1997)... Photo featured in my new book Developing communities in Peru: Manchay, Quebrada Verde, and the Lurin Valley. See link in my profile (go to Books) and available via @blurbbooks ... #peru #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainableliving #sustainablecommunities #sdg11 #sdg6 #water #agua @streetphotoperu @igersperu #jashleynixon #lurín #everydaylatinamerica #everydayperu @theglobalgoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals2030 #quebradaverde @everydayperu @everydaylatinamerica #fujichromeChildren play on a gate in Quebrada Verde, Lima, Peru (2015). Niños jugando en el portón de entrada en Quebrada verde, Lima, Peru (2015)... Photo featured in my new book Developing communities in Peru: Manchay, Quebrada Verde, and the Lurin Valley. See link in my profile (go to Books) and available via @blurbbooks ... #peru #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainableliving #sustainablecommunities #sdg11 @streetphotoperu @igersperu #jashleynixon #lurín #everydaylatinamerica #everydayperu @theglobalgoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals2030 #quebradaverde @everydayperu @everydaylatinamericaThe Last Meeting I know that he is lost among the stars, And may return no more but in light. Siegfried Sassoon ... Written in memory of his friend, David Thomas killed at Fricourt, 1916. #lestweforgetDulce et Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge. Wilfred Owen ... #lestweforgetLest We Forget ... At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. For the Fallen Robert Laurence Binyon, 1914 #lestweforgetYoung dancers at the opening ceremony for a community toilet block in Quebrada Verde, Lima, Peru (1997). From an original Fujichrome 35mm slide, digitized in 2018. Niños bailando en la ceremonia de inauguración de un modelo de servicios higenico en Quebrada verde, Lima, Peru (1997)... Photo featured in my new book Developing communities in Peru: Manchay, Quebrada Verde, and the Lurin Valley. See link in my profile (go to Books) and available via @blurbbooks ... #peru #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainableliving #sustainablecommunities #sdg11 #sdg6 @streetphotoperu @igersperu #jashleynixon #lurín #everydaylatinamerica #everydayperu @theglobalgoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals2030 #pachacamac #quebradaverde #agua #water @everydayperu @everydaylatinamerica #dancing #bailando #fujichromeMy Books
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Category Archives: Street photography
Raíces del Peru awarded Best Cultural Entry award for second time in the Calgary Stampede Parade
Raíces del Peru (Roots of Peru) entered the Calgary Stampede Parade for the first time in 2017. This time around they excelled again and won the Best Cultural Entry award for the second year running. In one of the largest … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Dance, Documentary photography, Heritage, Photography, Social documentary photography, Street photography, Travel
Tagged Best Cultural Entry, Calgary Stampede Parade, Diablada Puneña, Huaylarsh Moderna, Intangible Cultural Heritage, J. Ashley Nixon Photography, Marinera Norteña, Raíces del Perú, Valicha, Zamacueca
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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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