A photographic journey through Wadi Rum, Jordan. More images here
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Thanks to Sam McConnell, James Dyer, Haitham Dahlan & Eid Sabah El. Zalabeya
Saint Catherine’s Monastery below Mount Sinai
Mighty granite walls protect the monastery
Much of the walls have stood for fourteen centuries
Cross carved in the granite walls
At one point in history all of the doors were sealed up, and entrance was made through a lift, which was also used to haul up supplies.
The building sits in the wildest imaginable location
Detail of window in the corner buttress
The route to Mount Sinai starts at the left of the monastery
Lift structure and modern entrance.
Bell tower (left) & Mosque Minaret (right) inside courtyard
Bell tower, Built in 1871
Cross carved in the granite walls
The monastery contains the Katholikon, various chapels, a amosque , library and cells for the monks.
Bell tower (left) & Mosque Minaret (right)
Saint Catherine’s Monastery below Mount Sinai
The monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, Egypt, is the oldest active Christian monastery in the world. It is the site where Moses is supposed to have seen the burning bush.
The monastery’s library holds a unique collection of Byzantine manuscripts second only to the vatican in scale. The site is sacred to both Christianity and Islam. A mosque was built within the walls of the monastery, but it has never been used since it is not correctly oriented towards Mecca.
Built between 548 and 565 the massive granite walls have stood for over fourteen centuries. The walls were repaired in 1801 during Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition. The bell tower was built in 1871 and contains nine bells of different sizes that were a gift of the Czars of Russia.
Canterbury Cathedral. The western crossing, with a view of the fan vaulting in the “Angel Steeple.”
Steps worn by the passing centuries of pilgrims feet…and knees
The Nave, Canterbury Cathedral built in the late gothic Perpendicular style, 1480’s
Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170
Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest Christian buildings in England and one of the great pilgrimage sites of Europe in the medieval times.
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Tomb of the Sheikh Abdolsamad, Natanz, Iran.
Midnight Mountains, Greenland
Hotel Polissia, Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine
Sunset in the White Desert, Egypt
Operations Block. RAF Bicester Unlocked
Copper staircase, Villa Mallorca, Spain
Thames Waters IV. 5 Miles downstream (near Ashton Keynes)
Photo gear for a 10 day architectural photography assignment in Denmark
Bridge & Harold Lee Room at dusk
Bridge Handrail
The Harold H W Lee Building & the Bridge
Lobby to Pichette Auditorium
Harold Lee Room
Harold Lee Room
Harold Lee Room
Handrail detail
The Harold H W Lee Building
Bridge across to old buildings
Pichette Auditorium
Pichette Auditorium
Pichette Auditorium
Pichette Auditorium with seats retracted
The Harold H W Lee Building & The Rokos Quad
Bridge
Bridge over Brewer Street
The Harold H W Lee Building & Bridge
The Mahfouz Building, Littlegate Street
Detail of Bridge
The Harold H W Lee Building
Underside of Bridge
The Harold H W Lee Building & the Bridge
Bridge over Brewer Street
Plant Room
Stairs in the Wagstaff Building
Farthings Cafe
Rose Place Building
Art Gallery
The Harold H W Lee Building & The Rokos Quad
Harold H W Lee Building Building (detail)
The Harold H W Lee Building & the Rokos Quad
Cascading stairs in the Rokos Quad
The Rose Place building & The Rokos Quad.
The Rokos Quad
An assignment for Pembroke College, Oxford to photograph their new buildings which opened April 23rd, 2013
Click here for a record of the buildings previously on site, their demolition, archaelogy and a monthly record of the new building construction
Click Here for more images of the completed building
Building credits:
Architect: Berman Guedes Stretton
Contractor: Kingerlee
M&E Engineer: Hoare Lee
Project Manager: Bidwells
Structural Engineer: Price & Myers
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An image from my photo series Sweet Thames, Run Softly has been featured on the cover of Landscape Magazine Autumn issue.
Ridgeway I, Uffington White Horse
Ridgeway II, Wiltshire
Ridgeway III, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway IV, The Manger, Vale of White Horse
Ridgeway V, Buckinghamshire
Ridgeway VI. Chilterns
Ridgeway VII
Wiltshire
Ridgeway VIII
Wiltshire
Ridgeway IX
Wiltshire
Ridgeway X, Wiltshire
Ridgeway XI, Wiltshire
Ridgeway XII, Chilterns
Ridgeway XIII, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway XIV, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway XV, Oxfordshire
Ridgeway XVI, Wiltshire
Ridgeway XVII, Buckinghamshire
Ridgeway XVIII, Chilterns
Ridgeway XIX, Chilterns
Ridgeway XX, Chilterns
“Momently clinging to the things we knew — Friends , footpaths, hedges, house and animals. Till bourne along like twigs and bits of straw we sink below the sliding stream of time.”
John Betjeman, On leaving Wantage, 1972
A photo series made along the Ridgeway, England’s oldest road, during a 6 day walk in September 2013 backpacking and wild camping where possible along the 87 miles from Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon. Most of the photos were taken with a 400mm telephoto lens more commonly used for sports and wildlife photography in order to isolate graphic elements in the distant landscape.
For at least 5000 years travellers have used the Ridgeway. Originally connected to the Dorset coast, the Ridgeway provided a reliable trading route to The Wash in Norfolk. The high dry ground made travel easy and provided a measure of protection by giving traders a commanding view, warning against potential attacks.
This photo series was conceived of as a follow-on project from my walk along the Thames last year Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song.
Geometry & Silence 