Tracking Down Places from the Past: The Cottage
When I was in Denmark and Sweden I went off with my cousins to try and track down some the places mentioned in my dad’s stories of his life. In Nordenbro […]
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Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City
Completed in 1934, the Palacio de Bellas Artes is the result of having two different architects, Adamo Boari who designed the initial Neoclassical exterior in 1904, and Federico Mariscal who took […]
Inside Akbar’s Mughal Mausoleum in Agra, India
In India of the late 1500s, Akbar the Great* commissioned three magnificent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture: the walled city of Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, his father Humayun’s tomb in Delhi and finally […]
Side Details like Shadows
Sometimes it seems like I’m more interested in the ‘side’ details like shadows than I am in taking photos of the subject. Somewhere in Hoi An I took a lot […]
The Desert Landscapes of the Southern US & Mexico
I was very privileged last year to have clear skies as we flew over extraordinary desert landscapes on our way to Mexico City. Wind-blown snow over the sand and rocks of […]
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Curves
Here I am going for grand swooping curves… Architecture. Two come instantly to mind: any building by Frank Gehry (Modern) At Elciego, a hotel/winery in Spain, Gehry’s signature swoops of […]
The Red Fort in Delhi, India
Success is measured in small steps in Delhi. We found our hotel. We left the hotel. We got searched at a mall. We got back to the hotel. We got […]
