Inner Courtyard_Angkor Wat_Cambodia

Here’s another old image, this time from a photographic adventure I undertook in 1992. The above mage is a detail from an inner courtyard at Angkor Wat near Siem Reap in Cambodia. The variations in tone and the repetition of horizontal lines drew my attention to this particular architectural element and determined the composition.
From memory [...]

Architectural Concerns

One of the concerns an architect has when designing a building is the need to design a space through which people can move. Depending on the era in which they’re designed and constructed, major metropolitan train stations may feature either grand or contemporary facades. But, as they are designed for the prompt passage of large [...]

Angel Statue

 
I’ve always enjoyed looking at beautifully crafted statues, both religious and secular, and have produced a relatively large body of work from my travels, particularly from Buddhist countries.
The angel is an important religious symbol in each of the major western monotheistic religions: Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. I love the luminous quality of the stone and [...]

Chalk Sticks_Melbourne_Australia

 
Architectural delights like these columns, known to locals as the ‘chalk sticks’, are great fun to photograph. Situated at the beginning of the Tullamarine Freeway in Melbourne, Victoria these columns are particularly colourful against a brilliant blue sky. Perhaps it’s the sheer simplicity of these structures that makes them so successful. They are both a [...]