

B&W to colour
one of my favourite photo books is Vietnam, by Larry Burrows. So many things to say about this book - and this photographer; much better...


diplomas vs awards
I often find quite amusing the comparative reading of, say, German and English photo mags. Germans are notoriously obsessed with their...


last Egypt post - from layover in Zurich
had a vey nasty fright with my gear yesterday after Saqqara + Fishawy + walks in Islamic Cairo. took the SD card out of my Fuji X100s,...


just a random musing...
Just finished reading a New Yorker article about a particular sculptor. Got me thinking about two books I recently bought, both in the...


ageing in Egypt
Things seem to have their own way of ageing in Egypt. On a rational level it likely has to do with the climate and natural sand-blasting,...


Saqqara !
A huge, wonderful sight. Quite hard to find though. On this and my previous visit some years ago, the taxi driver had to ask several...


Coffee mishap in Fishawy
Went to Saqqara (step pyramid) this morning - more on that later perhaps. On the way back, stopped at Fishawy, the mother of all...


Cairo !
an exhausted hi ! from Cairo. visiting this city sure takes stamina - but all well worth it, what with a break at my favourite watering...


Leica !!
As far as I can remember, this pic was taken with my Fuji X100s, but I have a guilty little secret to confess: begining of last week,...


Catania !
distinctly rough around the edges, with draw-droppingly beautiful things, and the Italian way of life I can't seem to get enough of......


Ortigia !
i.e. the "historical" Syracuse


Acireale !
In Sicily, a little way up from Catania along the coast - one of countless gems that, in almost any other country, might be a highlight...


Until tomorrow from Sicily !
... where flying off to on the morrow.


collecting photo books
A photo mag I occasionally read had this feature (if you can call that a single-page spread interspersed with photos) about photo book...





























































