In South Africa, the saying goes, ‘wildlife must pay its way’. It’s not enough to be endangered you have to generate revenue to be conserved.
Ceres Valley, South Africa
Another bleary-eyed morning spent rock-hopping in the pre-dawn light to get to a vantage point before sunrise.
Sani Pass, Lesotho
Sani Pass is a stretch of road on the border of South Africa and Lesotho. The stretch of road between the South African border post and the summit is one of the most treacherous roads I’ve ever come across.
Drakensburg, SA
Between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth we spent a few days exploring the great Drakensburg Escarpment that cleaves its way way along the eastern cape and forms the border of South Africa and Lesotho.
Byzantine Bunkers
Across Europe and Russia you can find the remains of bunkers and air-raid shelters- a legacy of the Second World War and the Cold War that followed. In Cappadocia, in central Turkey, you can find much older and much more extensive underground shelters.
Iconoclasm & the Burger King
In the valleys of Cappadocia are hundreds of cave churches from the early years of Christianity.
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The refugees of Çavuşin
On a cliff overlooking the small town of Cavusin a Turkish flag flies amidst the ruins of a village.
Part 2: The fall of Trebizond
After the fall of Constantinople the two remaining Byzantine states- the Despotate of Morea and the Empire of Trebizond- came under renewed pressure.
Part 1: The Fall of Constantinople
In the mountains around Trabzon you can find fragments of an empire that traces its origins back to ancient Rome.
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Taksim Square Protests, Part II
The previous set of photos was taken on Istiklal avenue approaching Taksim Square.
ICC Berlin
Some images of Berlin’s International Congress Centre designed by Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte in 1979.
Spreepark, Berlin
A series of images of the abandoned East German ‘Spreepark’ taken in May this year.
Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Some images of Berlin’s controversial museum of near-eastern antiquities including the massive Pergamon Altar.
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Photos taken at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium- site of the infamous Nazi games of 1936.
Tito’s Memorials
A collection of haunting Soviet-era war memorials in the mountains of former Yugoslavia taken by Belgian artist Jan Kempenaers.
Paris’ Suburban Underground
All the skyscrapers in Paris are concentrated in a region several miles from the city centre in an area known as La Defence.