Icon of Rome: Church of St Luca and Martina Standing isolated between the ancient forums devastated by the 'way of the imperial forums' that was built in memory of the forums that were destroyed to build it. Thanks Mussolini.
Icon of Rome: Vittorio Emanuele II This equestrian statue of the first king of italy was added after the completion of the lustrous Alter of the Fatherland on capital hill. This 50 ton bronze horse is big enough for a party of 20 in its belly...which is exactly the thank you a select few project participants received.
Icon of Rome: Colosseum In a city 7 times more populated than modern NY, where do you find the space to build such a structure? On the area devastated by the great fire of Rome in 64 AD. And with a modern day equivalent cost of $380 million, how do you finance the construction? With the general's share of the booty taken from the Jewish Temple in 70 AD.
Hout Bay: the unprotected in Marine Protected Areas Location for 1 of 120 'deep sea' sewage outfalls in South Africa. The pipe ends 2.1 km from the beach and is able to discharge almost 10 million litres of untreated effluent per day. Besides the viruses and bacteria, heavy metals and chemical compounds are ever accumulated by the food chain.
Hout Bay harbour: mouth-to-mouth seal feeder waiting for next donation. Some desperate locals resort to illegal lobster fishing, risking life and punishment for a few Rands; others turn to tourist entertainment and charity
Hout Bay harbour Home to struggling small-scale fishers, squashed between declining resources, large industry and marine protected areas.
Icon of New York: Empire State building Looking North from where East becomes West on 29th Street, looming from 4 blocks down behind the Marble Collegiate Church; twice the tallest building in Manhattan, only trumped by the WTCs in 1970/2012
Icons of New York: 30 Rockefeller Plaza Art Deco centerpiece of the Rockefeller Center complex, which was the largest privately funded modern building project undertaken (19 buildings)
Icons of New York: Flatiron "A stingy piece of pie...the greatest inanimate troublemaker in New York" - New York Tribune
Icon of Paris 20000 lights on the tower, 5000 on each side!
Icon of Paris Almost 7 million visitors per year, making it the most visited paid monument in the world!
Icon of Paris 7300 tonnes of steel for the 1889 Word Fair!
Winter wonderland, never ceases to amaze! SonyA7ii + 24mm TS at f/11, 5s, ISO 50
Icon of Stockholm: af Chapman Built in 1888, she sailed her last voyage in 1934 and now lies permanently moored at Skeppsholmen. Charming memory of a bygone era. SonyA7ii + 55mm at f/7.1, 30s, ISO 50
Icon of Stockholm: Stadshuset The air a fresh -2 degrees, pickup up chill over the ice water of lake Mälaren, enough to slap the fingers waiting for the 30 second exposure. Sony A7ii + 24mm TS at f/11, 30s, ISO 100