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Category Archives: Sustainable Development
Sweat work in the sugar plantations of Peru: backgrounder on film Sugar entered for @rodemics My Røde Reel
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get that sugar you need to get your tea or coffee feeling just right in the morning? These photographs of sugarcane plantation workers in Peru were shot in 2016 (Canon 5D Mark … Continue reading
Posted in Documentary photography, Environmental documentary photography, Films, Food and agriculture, NIXON Films, Peru, Photography, Social documentary photography, Sustainable Development, Travel photography, Water
Tagged Caña Dulce, Cartavio, Casa Grande, coca, coca leaves, Cogoyito, documentary film, ethanol, Filmic Pro, iPhone5, La Libertad, labour, Miel de Caña, My Røde Reel, Pacific Coast, plantation, Røde, short film, sugar, sugarcane, VideMic Me, work, workers
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The edge of the world: Trump and the #ParisAgreement
The Rose Garden, a normally beautiful part of the White House in Washington DC, was the sunny scene for a thorny message yesterday. President Donald Trump made it his “solemn duty” to withdraw the United States of America from the … Continue reading
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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16 pics from ’16: NixonsCan top #photos from 2016
As another year is about to close it gives me the opportunity to post a selection of photos from the past 12 months. As with the previous three years, I have collected a set that recognizes the number of the passing … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Cosplay, Documentary photography, Environmental documentary photography, Food and agriculture, Hockey, Music, Peru, Photography, Rugby, Sports, Sports photography, Travel photography
Tagged #YYC, @mountroyal4u, agriculture, alt rock, BC Place, Ben Pinkelman, Calgary Expo, Calgary Girls Hockey, Canadian music, Canal Flats, Cartavio, Chiclayo, climbing, Colour U Blue, comics, Cosplay, Cosplayers, Cosplayers of Calgary, Detroit, Events photography, Fiji, food production, Indie music, Inter-America University of Puerto Rico, international rugby, Jasa Veremalua, Katarina, League of Legends, limestone, limestone pavement, Malham Cove, Mexico, Molly Guldemond, Mother Mother, Mount Royal University, MRU, Natasha Gould, New Zealand All Blacks, Pacific Ocean, Pimentel, portrait, rock climbing, Shell, Shell Eco-marathon, Stan Lee, sugarcane, sunset, surfers, surfing, Team USA, The Photography Institute, U18 rugby, Vancouver, World Photo Day, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales National Park
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Aboriginal #streetart by HeavyShield at Mount Royal University @mountroyal4u
Aboriginal Street Art I met the Aboriginal artist, Ryan Jason Allen Willert HeavyShield a few weeks ago on Main Street, just across from the Tim Hortons coffee shop. He was painting his way around the telephone box pinned to the wall. … Continue reading
Posted in #YYC, Alberta, Art & Design, Calgary, Canada, Documentary photography, Education, Heritage, Photography, Social documentary photography, Street photography
Tagged #YYC, Aboriginal, art, Blackfoot First Nation, buffalo, First Nations, HeavyShield, indigenization, indigenous, medicine wheel, Mount Royal University, MRU, Naato'si, Niitsitapi People, painting, Ryan Jason Allen Willert, Sundancer, Treaty 7, wall painting
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MRU paints Calgary blue
ColourUBlue Calgary was coloured blue today. A thousand or so Mount Royal University students picked up some nice new white t-shirts and headed off, running and walking around the Lincoln Park campus in the city’s original colour run. Before too … Continue reading
