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"The world's big and I want to have a good look at it
before it gets dark" - John Muir

18/04/2026

High ridges, deep wilderness.
Only Fiordland feels this untamed.

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07/07/2024

Location: Papua New Guinea
We recently got back from an incredible three-week Journey to Papua New Guinea. PNG, as it’s often referred to, is a fascinating country filled with rugged mountains, thick jungle, volcanoes and huge meandering rivers. It is home to fascinating, diverse cultures, and kind, wonderful people. Without a doubt, this has been the most photographically productive journey I’ve ever been on, and I’m super excited to share my photos with you!
Pictured here:
(1) A boy from the Asaro Tribe, in the Eastern Highlands, wearing a traditional mask made from moss and burrs.
(2) Sunset over the Yimas Lakes in the East Sepik Province.
Stay tuned for more!

01/04/2024

Location: Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
The last rays of sun illuminate a lonely hilltop overlooking one of the many arms of the Doubtful Sound complex, a series of deep narrow fjords in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park. Doubtful Sound got its name because Captain Cook, when first sailing through the area in the 1770s, decided not to enter the sound because he was doubtful that it was navigable under sail. The heavily forested mountains surrounding the sound rise steeply over 1000m (3300ft) and there are virtually no trails, so if you want to explore the area you need to do so by boat or helicopter. If you're not daunted by the inaccessibility, however, you'll be rewarded with some spectacular views!

11/03/2024

Location: Western Mongolia
Since he was young, Baurjan has dreamed of winning the eagle hunting championship that is held each year in Ulgii, in far western Mongolia. In order to hone their skills the hunters spend many years with their eagles, teaching them to wait, attack, and return to their handler on command. The bond between a hunter and his eagle is strong. The bird is taken from its nest as a chick and trained for almost 4 years. The Kazakh people, the largest ethnic minority in Mongolia, brought the eagle hunting tradition with them in the 1800s. These days approximately 250-400 Kazakh eagle hunters remain who proudly uphold the tradition.

07/03/2024

Location: Malta
The evening sun washes over the Shrine of Our Lady of ta'Pinu, on the island of Gozo, in Malta. Malta is a tiny country comprising three islands in the Mediterranean - its total land area is only 316 km² (122 sq mi). For context, that's about half the size of London or one fortieth the size of the Los Angeles metro area. Despite its small size, Malta's history goes back a long way. The islands were first populated in 5900 BC by ancient farmers. Subsequently it was part of the Phoenician, Roman and Byzantine empires. For a while, muslims from North Africa inhabited the islands (the Maltese language is related to Arabic), and later the Sicilians, French and British took over. It wasn't until 1964 that Malta formally gained independence. This colorful history has imbued the country with a rich and varied culture. Malta is famous for its crystal clear blue waters and abundance of churches - there are over 360 churches (approx. 1 for every 1000 residents).

04/03/2024

Location: Fez, Morocco
An old man wearing a traditional djellaba rests in Fes el Bali, the old town of Fez. Fez, also known as the "city of a thousand fountains" was founded in 789 AD by Idris the Elder, on the banks of the Oued Fes, the Fez River. The plentiful water from the river and natural springs spurred the city's growth and turned it into a cultural center. By the 12th century Fez was the largest city in Morocco, with a thriving tanning and coppersmithing industry, all made possible by the water supply. The oldest continuously operating university in the world, the University of al-Qarawiyyin, was founded in Fez in 857 AD. During medieval times, the city had three separate water circuits: a spring water supply for drinking, river water for everyday use and fountains, and a system that washed away waste. Today, when wandering through the meandering alleyways of the medina, one still comes across many public water fountains, or seqqaya. Some fountains, like the one shown here, are ornately decorated with zellij tilework. Unfortunately in modern times pollution of the waterways is a major problem and many fountains now run dry. In 2009, Moroccan architect Aziza Chaouni started the Fez River Project, which aims to restore the rivers of Fez to their historic beauty.

02/03/2024

Location: Yorkshire Dales, UK
In northern England, deep in the Pennines, lie the Yorkshire Dales, a region filled with small hamlets and meandering valleys. The landscape is rough. In many areas large patches of limestone pavements, known as scars, protrude from the thin topsoil. Below ground, centuries of erosion have created thousands of caves, the largest of which, the Three Counties System, is over 87 km (54 miles) long. One of the most distinct features of the Yorkshire Dales are the many dry stone walls that snake through the landscape. It's estimated that there are over 8,000km (5,000 miles) of stone walls in the dales. The earliest of these were built to protect against wolves and date back to medieval times. More recent walls were erected by local farmers clearing the land. Each stone is dug out of the rock strewn fields by hand and meticulously stacked. To this day, dry stone wallers practice and preserve the art of building and maintaining these structures.

24/02/2024

Location: Peru
One of the first things I noticed while exploring the markets in Cusco was the abundance and variety of hats, most of which were variations of brown felt hats. Apparently the style dates back to the 1920s, when British bowler hats were introduced to the Andes. There's multiple stories about their spread, but the most pervasive is that a hat merchant imported a large shipment of bowler hats for Peruvian and Bolivian railroad workers. Unfortunately the hats were ordered in the wrong size and were too small for their intended customers. Instead the hat merchant marketed them to the local women, who quickly adopted them as a fashion statement. Whatever the true history may be, these days hats are virtually ubiquitous in the markets of Cusco.

20/02/2024

Location: Utah, USA
These nearly jetblack shale spires jut out of the endless badlands surrounding the former mining town of Hanksville, UT. Despite its recent surge in popularity, Hanksville is a tiny place - there's some lodging, a convenience store dug into a rock, a little cafe in an old gas station (that sells killer cinnamon rolls!), about 90 homes, and a permanent population just barely over 200 people. Hanksville is so remote that it didn't get electricity until the 1960s. During the late 1800s the town gained notoriety as a supply post for Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, who would hide out in the steep, inaccessible Robbers Roost Canyon. These days, the Mars Society runs a research station just on the outskirts of town.

19/02/2024

Location: Fiordland, New Zealand
This was shot on a lonely mountain ridge, somewhere deep in Fiordland, on the south-western tip of New Zealand's South Island. Fiordland's terrain is rough and rugged and many areas are only accessible by helicopter. Even getting myself into this little valley was quite the adventure (hint: the route back up leads up the little cliff on the right). Due to it's inaccessibility, Fiordland never had a permanent population, and a lot of the nature is pristine and untouched. Even the Maori, who know the area as Te Rua-o-te-Moko, only passed through seasonally for hunting, fishing and to collect precious pounamu stone, aka New Zealand jade.

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