Category Archives: Featured

08 Oct
No Heart, No Brain.

Thought to have been around for over 650 million years, these primitive evolutionary survivors can range from the size of a pin head, to over 8ft in diameter with tentacles stretching out for up to 50 meters. Comprised of 95% water, Jellys have no need for respiratory or circulatory systems. They have no blood, no hearts, no bones, no eyes or brains, and do not posses a central nervous system like that of more complex lifeforms.

Thought to have been around for over 650 million years, these primitive evolutionary survivors can range from the size of a pin head, to over 8ft in diameter with tentacles stretching out for up to 50 meters. Comprised of 95% water, Jellys have no need for respiratory or circulatory systems. They have no blood, no

14 Feb
Full-Screen Section

To see some of the highlights in their full glory, checkout the new full-screen area of the website. (Optimised for 1920px x 1080px monitors)

To see some of the highlights in their full glory, checkout the new full-screen area of the website. (Optimised for 1920px x 1080px monitors)

20 Jun
Flares & Train Yards

Find a derelict train yard in London, get some SOS Marine Flares, then swing them about in front of a camera. The following set of photos does exactly just that. All the ‘swinging’ is done by a good friend Nils Lovenberry

















Find a derelict train yard in London, get some SOS Marine Flares, then swing them about in front of a camera. The following set of photos does exactly just that. All the ‘swinging’ is done by a good friend Nils Lovenberry

17 Feb
Borneo Indonesia

Borneo Indonesia

Orangutans are a species of great ape found only in South East Asia on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. The gentle red ape demonstrates significant intelligence, with an ability to reason and think and is one of our closest relatives, sharing 97% of the same DNA as humans. Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia call this ape Orang Hutan literally translating into English as People of the Forest.

Borneo Indonesia Orangutans are a species of great ape found only in South East Asia on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. The gentle red ape demonstrates significant intelligence, with an ability to reason and think and is one of our closest relatives, sharing 97% of the same DNA as humans. Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and

17 Feb
Land of the Gauchos

Land of the Gauchos

The term gaucho comes from the word ‘huacho’ meaning ‘orphan’ or ‘vagabond’. It was coined in the 18th century to refer to the errant horsemen of the pampa – the Argentine plain – who were often (but not always) wandering vagrants and petty thieves. During the Argentine wars of Independence these men were enlisted to fight the Spanish, and gaucho came to mean the militia horsemen who fought and died for their land.

At that time and through many centuries, cow leather was one of most traded goods between the old world and the colonies. The main importance of cattle was not the meat but rather the leather obtained from it. Since the commercial value of a cow was narrowed to such item once slaughtered, cows posed no interest except for gauchos who would use as much of it as possible feeding themselves.

They would quickly cook the meat in an open fire before it turned bad. This habit of gauchos was considered rather unwelcomed and unhealthy and added a further negative note to their already low reputation. Eventually, after many many decades, the habit of grilling meat ‘the gaucho way’ in an open fire turned into a national pastime: cooking asado.

Land of the Gauchos The term gaucho comes from the word ‘huacho’ meaning ‘orphan’ or ‘vagabond’. It was coined in the 18th century to refer to the errant horsemen of the pampa – the Argentine plain – who were often (but not always) wandering vagrants and petty thieves. During the Argentine wars of Independence these men were enlisted to fight the Spanish,

17 Feb
Jawa (Java)

Jawa(Java)

Indonesia

Java is the most populous island in Indonesia providing many contrasts of scenery, people, religions and cultures. With 120 million people crammed into an area half the size of Great Britain, Java is THE most densely populated island in the world.

Java lies between Sumatra to the west and Bali to the east. Borneo lies to the north and Christmas Island to the south. Java is the world’s 13th largest island.

The island boasts immense beauty, from peaceful villages and a beautiful, fertile countryside to smoking volcanoes and ancient monuments. However there is also an unattractive side visible in its dirty, overcrowded cities, particularly the capital of Jakarta, clogged with traffic and pollution, with evident differences in wealth and wretched poverty between the people. Java is a mosaic of sights and impressions. It is also Indonesia’s political stage and the cultural, educational and historical centre of the archipelago.

Camera: Canon G9

Jawa(Java) Indonesia Java is the most populous island in Indonesia providing many contrasts of scenery, people, religions and cultures. With 120 million people crammed into an area half the size of Great Britain, Java is THE most densely populated island in the world. Java lies between Sumatra to the west and Bali to the east. Borneo lies to the north and Christmas Island to

17 Feb
Mujeres Bolivianas

MujeresBolivianas

La Paz, Bolivia

In January 2010, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales began his second term by appointing a new cabinet in which women are equally represented for the first time. Morales, Bolivia’s first president from the nation’s long-oppressed indigenous majority, is leading a revolutionary process of transformation.

However, despite such progressive reforms, many of Bolivia’s poorest women remain ignorant of and excluded from their country’s laws and policies. Limited access to basic education, health care and human and civil rights awareness continues to damage women’s lives and prevent them from playing a full, active part within their families, their community and their country.

In addition, a powerful combination of tradition and deeply entrenched cultural concepts, particularly that of machismo, restricts social change and hinders women’s ability to fully participate in, and benefit from, their country’s gradual economic and political development. Bolivian men continue to receive more and better, education, health care and higher incomes when employed. Bolivian women, particularly indigenous women, are subject to a patriarchal culture which promotes humiliation and domestic servitude and sees all too many women suffer as victims of widespread domestic violence.

Bolivian women also face significant discrimination and inequality in terms of employment. Of those women who can find work, they generally earn half the income of a man employed in the same position and with the same education.

But with the help of Morales new transformation of the country, the women of Bolivia are proving that women can fight and win for their rights as women and for a radically new type of society based on equality and self-determination by the people.

Camera: Canon G9

MujeresBolivianas La Paz, Bolivia In January 2010, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales began his second term by appointing a new cabinet in which women are equally represented for the first time. Morales, Bolivia’s first president from the nation’s long-oppressed indigenous majority, is leading a revolutionary process of transformation. However, despite such progressive reforms, many of Bolivia’s