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Pyramids in Black & White

By Quintin Lake
April 13, 2013 //
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Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropolis, Cairo, Egypt

Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropolis, Egypt

Great Pyramid of Giza behind the Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropo

Great Pyramid of Giza behind the Pyramid of Khafre

Apex of the Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropolis, Cairo, Egypt

Apex of the Pyramid of Khafre

Corner of the Pyramid of Khafre

Corner of the Pyramid of Khafre

Great Pyramid of Giza in front of modern skyline of Cairo

Great Pyramid of Giza bisects the modern skyline of Cairo

How to photograph something as iconic yet cliched as the Pyramids? My response was to choose monochrome, use square format and abstract the geometry as much as possible, cropping tight with a telephoto lens to emphasise the scale and texture of the monument.

Signed limited edition prints of this series are available at £195 each (40x40cm). To purchase please contact me. Larger sizes also available

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Western Desert Journey, Egypt

By Quintin Lake
March 25, 2013 //
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Footprints on a sand dune above camp near Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Dune above camp near Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Bedouin Tea, served extra sweet. Western Desert, Egypt

Bedouin Tea, served extra sweet

Early morning sunlight illuminates a sand dune Western Desert, Egypt

Early morning sunlight illuminates a sand dune, Western Desert

Landcruisers descend into a wadi in the Sahara Suda (Black Desert), Egypt

Landcruisers descend into a wadi in the Sahara Suda (Black Desert), Egypt

Sahara Suda (Black Desert) the moment after sunset, Egypt

Sahara Suda (Black Desert) the moment after sunset

A beduin guide, Mahmood contemplating the White Desert, Egypt

Our bedouin guide, Mahmood contemplating the White Desert

Trekking above a large sand dune in the White Desert), Egypt

Trekking above a sand dune in the White Desert, Egypt

Mahmood, a Bedouin guide, collecting fire wood in the White Dese

Mahmood collecting fire wood in the White Desert

Mahmood, A Bedouin guide, guides us across the White Desert

Mahmood guides us across the White Desert

Sam McConnell prepares for a night under the stars, White Desert

Sam McConnell prepares for a night under the stars, White Desert

Sand ripples at the edge of the Sahara Beida (White Desert), Egypt

Sand ripples at the edge of the Sahara Beida (White Desert)

4X4 tracks in the sand and camp in the Western Desert, Egypt

4X4 tracks at camp in the Western Desert

Khaled ties camping equipment to the top of the Landcruiser. Western Desert, Egypt

Khaled ties camping equipment to the top of the Landcruiser

Monoliths (inselbergs) of the White Desert at sunset, Egypt

Monoliths (inselbergs) of the White Desert at sunset

4x4 Landcruiser stuck in the sand in the Western Desert, Egypt

Landcruiser stuck in the sand in the Western Desert

Sam McConnell walks amongst the chalk rock formations of the Sahara Beida (White Desert), Egypt

Sam McConnell walks amongst the chalk rock formations of the White Desert

Moments before sunset at El-Khiyam "The Tents", Sahara Beida (White Desert), Egypt

Moments before sunset at El-Khiyam “The Tents”, White Desert

4X4 Camp amongst El-Khiyam "The Tents", Sahara Beida (White Des

4X4 Camp amongst El-Khiyam “The Tents”, White Desert

Mahmood & Khaled rest after trekking amongst El-Khiyam "The Tent

Mahmood & Khaled rest after trekking amongst The Tents, White Desert

Sunset abovet El-Khiyam "The Tents", Sahara Beida (White Desert), Egypt

Sunset abovet El-Khiyam “The Tents”, Sahara Beida (White Desert)

Khaled, deep in thought with a glass of sweet tea. Western Deser

Khaled, deep in thought with a glass of sweet tea. Western Desert

Wind sculpted chalk waves and sand in the Sahara Beida (White De

Wind sculpted chalk waves and sand in the White Desert

Moonlit Camp in the White Desert, Egypt

Moonlit Camp in the White Desert

Chalk sculptures catch the setting sunlight in the White Desert, Egypt

Chalk sculptures catch the setting sunlight in the White Desert

Sunset above the the chalk rock formations of the Sahara Beida (White Desert) near Farafra, Egypt

Sunset above the the chalk rock formations of the White Desert near Farafra

Aish el-Ghorab "The Mushrooms", chalk sculptures, Sahara Beida (White Desert), Egypt

Aish el-Ghorab “The Mushrooms”, chalk sculptures, White Desert, Egypt

Aish el-Ghorab "The Mushrooms", chalk sculptures, Sahara Beida (White Desert), Egypt

The Mushrooms, chalk sculptures, White Desert

Orange sunset in the White Desert, Egypt

Sunset in the White Desert, Egypt

These photographs document a trekking and 4×4 journey through the Western Desert of Egypt. Starting at Bahariya Oasis we travelled through the Sahara Suda (Black Desert) and Sahara Beida (White Desert) ending up near Farafra. As a compliment to these images I produced a second, more abstract series of photographs entitled “Sahara Sands” from the same trip.

The journey was undertaken with desert explorer Sam McConnell who runs highly recommended adventure travel expeditions to the region in collaboration with Abou Anis of Sub Sinai, off-road driver Khaled, and the bedouin of Bahariya Oasis

Signed limited edition prints of this series are available at £195 each (60x40cm). To purchase please contact me. Larger sizes also available

Edit: I’m delighted that this post is featured in Freshly Pressed. Check out “Glimpses Of Iran” which was Freshly Pressed last year. Thanks for all your likes and comments and follow my Facebook Page to see my latest work

Edit 2! I’m even more chuffed this post has been featured in Editors’ Picks of the Year: The Best of WordPress.com in 2013 thanks guys!

Edit 3! If you enjoyed this have a look at Wadi Rum Journey which was the follow up to this project

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Categories Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Fine Art Photography, Photography, Travel Photography

Sahara Sands

By Quintin Lake
March 18, 2013 //
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Sahara Sands I (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands I (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands II (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands II (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands III (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands III (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands IV (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands IV (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands V (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands V (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VI (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VI (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VIII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VIII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands IX (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands IX (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands X (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands X (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XI (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XI (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XIII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XIII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XIV (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XIV (Western Desert, Egypt)

Photographs of Egypt’s Western Desert made during a 10 day trek and 4×4 expedition with desert explorer Sam McConnell. The approach to this work is in part inspired by my earlier abstractions of the River Thames

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Signed limited edition prints available at £195 each (40x40cm). To purchase please contact me. Larger sizes also available

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5 Copies of World Architecture Calendar to Giveaway

By Quintin Lake
February 11, 2013 //
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Citadel-of-Aleppo-01I’ve got five copies of my World Architecture Calendar 2013 to give away. The calendar is 45x50cm and the prize includes free shipping worldwide. To enter the prize draw click here (requires liking my Facebook page). The five winners will be notified on Monday 18th February.

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4th Architect’s Eye photography competition now open for entries

By Quintin Lake
February 5, 2013 //
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Heygate Estate by Simon Kennedy, winner of the Architecture and Place category 2011

Heygate Estate by Simon Kennedy, winner of the Architecture and Place category 2011

I’m excited to be on the judging panel for the 4th Architect’s Eye photography competition, now open for entries. Open to UK architects & part II students.
Closing date for entries is Tuesday 30th April.

Organized by International Art Consultants and supported by The Royal Photographic Society, the Architect’s Eye competition has been celebrating and encouraging architects’ passion for photography since 2007. Now, in its fourth edition, UK architects are challenged to submit photos into two distinct categories: Architecture and Place and Architecture and People. The former focuses solely on the aesthetics of the architecture and places it creates, while the latter explores and celebrates the interaction of people with the environments created by architects. There are no restrictions on which buildings qualify for the competition.

The winner in each category will receive a weekend break for two anywhere in the EU. There will also be Special Commendation prizes awarded at the judges’ discretion.

The finalist and winning works will be showcased in an exhibition at Roca London Gallery coinciding with the start of the London Festival of Architecture 2013.

This year the Architect’s Eye Judging Panel is chaired by leading architect Simon Allford, Director at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Alongside Allford, the prestigious judging panel will be composed of renowed architect Keith Priest (Fletcher Priest Architects), noted architectural photographers Quintin Lake and George Kavanagh, Martine Hamilton Knight (The Royal Photographic Society) and Dr Irena Murray (Sir Banister Fletcher Director, British Architectural Library, RIBA).

More information here!

For more, check out which images were awarded top honors in last year’s competition. 

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2012 in 30 Photographs

By Quintin Lake
December 30, 2012 //
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My 30 favourite pictures from assignments and projects in 2012….

1/ The Walbrook Building by Foster and Partners More >>

London old and new. At left: St Stephen Walbrook Church built 1672-9 by architect Sir Christopher Wren. At right: Walbrook Office Building, built 2010. Architect: Foster and Partners. Engineer: Arup

2/ Oxford Street facade by Future Systems More >>

Contrasting old and new architecture in London. Detail of facades on Oxford Street, London. Left: Late 19th century facade now Radcliffe College Language School. Right: 187-195 Oxford Street faceted glass facade by architect’s Future Systems, built 2008

3/ M Shed by LAB Architecture Studio More >>

M Shed, Bristol at Dusk. Architect: LAB Architecture Studio

4/ Welsh Assembly by Richard Rogers More >>

Cedar wood ceiling inside the National Assembly for Wales Senedd (Senate) Building. Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership, 2006. Cardiff Bay, Wales.

5/ The Wave Car Park by Scott Brownrigg More >>

Detail of tensile fabric facade, The Wave Car park, Cardiff Bay, Wales. Architects: Scott Brownrigg

6/ Larch House by Millar + Howard Workshop More >>

Larch House at dusk, Horsley, Gloucestershire. Architect: Millar+Howard Workshop

7/ Gravesend Library by Clay Architecture More >>

Gravesend Library new entrance at dusk. Architect: Clay Architecture

8/ Biochemistry Building by Hawkins Brown More >>

Coloured glass fins of Oxford University Biochemistry Building in evening light

9/ Vanishing Shanghai More >>

Vanishing Shanghai II. The writing on the wall reads, “Overusage of Electricity Prohibited”. 2007

10/ Achaemenid Tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran More >>

Achaemenid Tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam

11/ Villa W, London by Krause Architects More >>

At the front door, the house opens up to provide clear views through to the garden and staircase

12/ Boiler Suit by Heatherwick Studio More >>

Detail of Boiler Suit, Guy’€™s Hospital, London designed by Heatherwick Studio

13/ Ian Davenport “Poured Lines: Southwark” More >>

Ian Davenport “Poured Lines: Southwark”, Liquid enamel on steel, 2006. Southwark Bridge, London

14/ Tower Bridge Road by Glas Architects More >>

Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London

15/ Romanian Vernacular Architecture More >>

Shadows on a wooden house from Naruja, Vrancea, Romania. Built C19

16/ King’s Cross Station by John McAslan More >>

2012 Steel lattice in front of the 1852 station booking hall.

17/ Graffiti mural on Megaro Hotel More >>

A graffiti mural on Megaro Hotel opposite St Pancras station, London, 2012.

18/ Aleppo Night Workshops, Syria More >>

Aleppo Streets at night, Syria

19/ Glimpses of Iran More >>

An Iranian girl looks out from the trunk of Sarv-e Abar-Kuh “cypress of Abar-Kuh”, also called the Zoroastrian Sarv, is a Cupressus sempervirens tree in Abarkuh, Yazd Iran. It is estimated to be over four thousand years old and may be the oldest living thing in Asia.

20/ The Beauty of Iranian Symmetry More >>

Interior of Octagonal Pavilion Tomb of the Sheikh Abdolsamad, Natanz, Iran.

21/ Mayfair Office by Data Nature Associates More >>

Glass reception desk and hidden meeting room in Portland stone

22/ Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song More >>

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100 miles downstream, dawn near Shiplake

23/ Paralympic Closing Ceremony, London 2012 More >>

Fireworks during conclusion of Paralympic closing ceremony 9th September

24/ Sports Hall by Original Field of Architecture More >>

Multi-Function Sports Hall at Magdalen College School, Oxford

25/ International Photography Awards: 1st place More >>

A silver birch tree grows through the floor on the terrace of Hotel Polissia.

26/ Contemporary Cotswold House More >>

Terrace overlooking rural Cotswold landscape

27/ Botanical Gardens by C.F. Moller More >>

View of the structure at dusk. C.F. Moller & Søren Jensen

28/ Aarhus Business School  More >>

Main circulation space at the heart of the building. Cubo Arkitekter & Søren Jensen

29/ The Freight Yard by 3XN & Søren Jensen More >>

The sky lights glowing at dusk

30/ Christmas Light Abstractions, London More >>

Selfridges, Oxford Street I

Selfridges, Oxford Street

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Christmas Light Abstractions, London

By Quintin Lake
December 21, 2012 //
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Debenhams, Oxford Street I

Debenhams, Oxford Street I

Regent Street I

Regent Street I

Regent Street II

Regent Street II

Debenhams, Oxford Street III

Debenhams, Oxford Street III

Harrods II.

Harrods II.

Debenhams, Oxford Street II

Debenhams, Oxford Street II

Oxford Street I

Oxford Street I

Selfridges, Oxford Street I

Selfridges, Oxford Street I

Oxford Street II

Oxford Street II

Harrods I

Harrods I

Marks & Spencer, Oxford Street I

Marks & Spencer, Oxford Street I

Long exposure photographs of London Christmas Lights around Knightsbridge, Regents Street and Oxford Street. Generated by moving the camera while depressing the shutter release during a long exposure (aka ICM or Intentional Camera Movement)

Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

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Thames Prints: Last orders before Christmas!

By Quintin Lake
December 18, 2012 //
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Giclée Prints are prints made with archival inks on matte 100% cotton 308gsm Hahnemühle paper for unsurpassed archival quality. The paper is 42x60cm

Signed and editioned on the reverse behind the image area.

Signed and editioned on the reverse behind the image area.

Protected in an archival polyester print storage sleeves which allows for easy handling. A generous border allows trimming to size by the framer to allow for different mounting methods.

Protected in an archival polyester print storage sleeves which allows for easy handling. A generous border allows trimming to size by the framer to allow for different mounting methods.

Mailed in a sturdy corrugated cardboard box by special delivery.

Mailed in a sturdy corrugated cardboard box by special delivery.

I’m taking Thames Print orders up to Sat 22nd midday for delivery in time for Christmas . View the full series here

£195 each (40x40cm, Signed limited edition prints) + P&P. To purchase please contact me.

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