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Juana was running a busy cafe. I was struck by her calmness and quiet intensity. She was happy to pose when there was a free moment, and I was able to capture her expressions and the geometry of the tattoos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/42403c75-fab4-48b8-87d1-fa7b2ace3d5d/000257120003_SqSpace.jpg London James, fellow photographer. Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/5de7bf24-5483-4924-adc4-823f9d33fe7f/000318500004_SqSpace.jpg London Carmela, visiting from California, was just coming from an afternoon tea at a nearby hotel. Bumping into her was instructive for me. She educated me about the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity. And I also found out about the field of food systems design. And it was refreshing to hear Carmela, an American, point out design flaws with London pavements - it's almost always Europeans who go on about how pedestrian unfriendly the US is. That must have relaxed her, as she gifted me this absolutely regal pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/7c5d8ea6-8989-4688-82d9-007a78f6513c/000287810011_SqSpace.jpg London Woman and her dog, East Dulwich. I met this woman waiting at a bus stop with her dog. She was initially a little bemused about being asked to pose, but she warmed up soon and got her dog involved as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/39bcdfa6-94fc-476d-90d6-9e5ae8aaa662/000234110003_SqSpace.jpg London Stylish young man, Brick Lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/fbd72a81-da95-40e5-905c-44d3bad6bd47/000288160007_SqSpace.jpg London Expressive young lady, Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/273cf0be-d87b-42d3-9321-b3f35d700bcc/000261280005_SqSpace.jpg London Angelina, South Bank. Angelina was preparing for an exhibition the next day. They were happy to let me capture this powerful portrait while they took a break from work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/579d5d4e-b93e-41f5-95cf-b730b8452011/000257120011_SqSpace.jpg London Sonny and Alfie, university students, Soho Square. This photo shows to two young people relaxed and at ease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/9a14b992-267e-4e74-8d7b-098e54dc9b6e/000320070012_SqSpace.jpg London Alana and a friend were sitting on a bench outside a shop in Soho when I asked them if I could photograph them. Alana agreed, but her friend did not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/c3cbdef7-4f3a-4304-b35f-982a4d2dfccc/000232610001_SqSpace.jpg London Charli, Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/b6d2498f-a1d1-48a0-9c36-46f36ac9b1a9/000257120006_SqSpace.jpg London RJ Learmouth, artist. Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/df70597f-011b-4cbd-88f8-f7f50d61a0b3/L1001764_SqSpace.jpg London Nicole, New Bond Street. I took a few of photos of Nicole, and then got her to pose for one without her glasses. The effect was transformative -exposing an intensity that the glasses hid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/e5969a38-e808-460b-9394-e2a8d5c4c9bf/000136800035_SqSpace.jpg London Oxford Circus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/4b7a29e5-1aba-41e9-ba15-e984ad7df87b/000196330001_SqSpace.jpg London Ida, Dulwich. Ida was sitting with a friend in a park when I photographed her. She exhibits a sense of chilled detachment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/4caba2cd-252b-40df-8ee1-672cabfc1b35/000136800030_SqSpace.jpg London Young man, Oxford Circus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/5b206ce0-3378-4a95-b8eb-6b43650b27b3/000106050005_SqSpace.jpg London Sabine and Maria after Pride, Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/38446a99-6817-41bd-a3bd-fadefe5a6ff8/000107110012_SqSpace.jpg London Janet, East Dulwich. Janet is smiling - unusual as I ask my subjects not to. What I remember is my conversation with Janet. She asked, "Why do you photograph?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/9e9007b2-a0f6-499d-a2f3-274cd855d148/000257120010_SqSpace.jpg London Sonny, university student. Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/b34a8b19-258c-409e-a36e-47080d70dfa3/000232610009_SqSpace.jpg London Trafalgar Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/9452a99b-8969-4fa5-9a5f-9ce4155abf60/000166800005_SqSpace.jpg London At a makeshift XR camp in East Dulwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/419819a5-798c-48c9-ac4e-e01f11520971/000166800008_SqSpace.jpg London Faith, Dulwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/2ae29278-af60-4272-9293-a225846ceb31/000234110001_SqSpace.jpg London Amina, Brick Lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/1a340bc6-7297-4a7f-88aa-88814f511cf3/000261280012_SqSpace.jpg London Cameron, medium format photographer, Berwick Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/c4db8922-5b70-4300-b5af-57508484b6d9/000075020003_SqSpace.jpg London Kirsten, in a spot of sunshine in a lane in the City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/88df71c7-eb8b-46ea-b93f-bb1cc6486ea5/000103960031_SqSpace.jpg London By Paddington Bear outside the Hammersmith & City Line entrance of Paddington Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/62b5a083-8e37-4640-95df-b7acb0db31f3/000223760010_SqSpace.jpg London Belle, a young mechanical engineer and deeply interested in racing. Soho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/9d5fa109-e7de-407c-ac61-b515f73985bd/000103960035_SqSpace.jpg London Oldest underground platform in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/3d5e1c00-77d8-4e62-8439-8c35da067271/000196940009_SqSpace.jpg London Jay-san, a hair artist, Soho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/6f30e9ae-4322-48e4-ae54-03f0a28fc949/000160940022_SqSpace.jpg London I asked this gentleman for a photo where he sat, but could not have a conversation. Brixton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/907c833c-3b50-426d-a757-0c2224357a54/000166790012_SqSpace.jpg London Musician, Dulwich. There was something about him and the park around that reminded me of George Harrison on the cover of All Things Must Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/456ed8a3-f27b-47d0-9b32-9311e41acd28/000139430009_SqSpace.jpg London Restaurant patron, Soho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/ab85ab68-fb7e-4152-a528-71910052c23a/000106050006_SqSpace.jpg London After Pride, Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/fe8cc973-0d5f-424b-b874-705d51a5d509/000103980005_SqSpace.jpg London Celcio, a skateboarding creative, South Bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/b95c481b-fee9-409f-bc72-3244b5a1b9ed/000016180004_SqSpace.jpg London Elderly couple during the lockdown, Oxford Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/2cb82471-769c-4ca7-ab1f-a3a62b9692f0/000016180008_SqSpace.jpg London Soho during the lockdown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/242dfc98-513f-4890-aba5-92c9388fe775/000052350010_SqSpace.jpg London Young couple in the rain, Carnaby Street. The rain made me misfocus, a happy accident! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/30a72c8f-55ca-4b5d-9dc2-707bc7db8fc0/000058250003_SqSpace.jpg London Richard at Aperture Printing, Rathbone Place. Film enthusiast and the best salesperson I have known. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/33208ccb-4114-4199-bab3-b470a9854d00/000129660026_SqSpace.jpg London sardines movement protestors at Parliament Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/7dde11f3-9eb5-406b-aa9f-e133d19bce52/L1000517_SqSpace.jpg London Protests against Taliban and Pakistan. Regent Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/16e71e54-2e0d-4f2e-9d3d-0b85a36dc12b/000234110012_SqSpace.jpg London Mahsa Amin protest, Trafalgar Square. There was another protest by trade unionists against climate inaction going on at the other end of the square at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/daa6084c-1661-493a-8c09-a999fdf8ff12/000198040019_SqSpace.jpg London Near Brick Lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/5de5443f-9c74-4620-9197-2b90890e0fce/000198040022_SqSpace.jpg London Joe, dancer. He was sitting outside a restaurant on Brick Lane. The sun was setting and the light on his face was perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/db80b2b6-f455-4ef8-b7cf-1ffa200d47d7/L1000188_SqSpace.jpg London Rupert Court, Chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/04d09c97-d1f2-4dd2-9ebc-8be43e5395c2/L1000227_SqSpace.jpg London Fashion parade on the street, Argyll Street. I managed to piss off all the fashion photographers by standing behind the models and appearing in the photographs they were composing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/deb1f0ef-3e80-4cf2-a294-b7c371b2159f/L1000415_SqSpace.jpg London Couple on the Bakerloo Line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/b30cfe03-9c40-4cd8-a818-8380fd9c9f48/000016050008_SqSpace.jpg London Lockdown times: Deliveroo rider waiting for the next order https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/0f612dbf-ab79-4c6a-8a94-2a6bbc508854/L1001147_SqSpace.jpg London Lady looking through a restaurant window, Old Compton Street. The colours just work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/b5eccaa9-9658-4d5e-8c47-a8296b68c23f/000016050031_SqSpace.jpg London Lockdown times: Being able to photograph a sunset from the middle of the street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/991ff5e0-f891-4f94-b242-b124a97e1cf0/L1001868_SqSpace.jpg London Seamus McGarvey, cinematographer. He was in a little restaurant and I was intrigued by his coat. I had no idea who he was when I asked him if I could photograph him. He really got into it, and at the end gave me his business card. A fun experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/99cf8735-79b9-4fa0-8c44-2a2a88206197/000102900003_SqSpace.jpg London James, musician, Rathbone Place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/66802cda-c672-4995-976e-8bb46e820767/000102730014_SqSpace.jpg London Skateboarder, South Bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/d5ee684b-6968-48c2-8680-b1f95aedaf64/000105950030_SqSpace.jpg London Kit, fire artist after Pride. Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/3ccc1d2c-ebc0-4a3b-a15e-d0d9fc19bc82/000105950013_SqSpace.jpg London Sandro, celebrity chef and baker. I had no idea who he was, just that he looked happy and welcoming. Soho Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/fbaac364-bf3b-41e5-b227-c5c5e08fbf73/000127640019_SqSpace.jpg London Girl on a night out in Soho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/88e5b2e3-3773-42fa-8704-fc7aed0f3ce4/000127640022_SqSpace.jpg London This gentleman runs a stall at Portobello Road Market selling framed photographs. I have spoken with him several times, and he has been curious about my photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/62fc2dc7-af4b-4d83-82ea-0fa34974647b/000016010011_SqSpace.jpg London VE Day in the middle of the first lockdown. St. John's Wood https://kunal-thakkar.photography/kolkata daily 0.75 2023-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/16f090f5-3ab6-4485-8877-e7b4acb7dcda/000243280011_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata I saw this man sitting a little behind the entrance to a building on Ezra Street. He was in the shade and I asked him to come forward under the sliver of sunlight right at the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/c27634e2-2a57-456d-a8a9-7001629f0f95/000135310009_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Auto-rickshaw driver near Shobhabajar, North Kolkata. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/1c0e0cb7-e60e-4c09-bdc8-b7d28625d4a2/000243280009_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata This gentleman runs a shoe shop on Chitpur Road/Rabindra Sarani. This is one of a line of shoe shops on this side of the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/defd2f95-2b82-4f9a-8265-f3fae35b4b8d/000243280005_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Kumortuli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/9cb9e1e5-0ce6-446c-a097-58307f3472bd/000135240008_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata This gentleman agreed to let me photograph him using two different cameras as he sat outside a tea shop on Jawaharlal Nehru Road. I love the amused, playful look on his face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/84583cea-d087-4f1f-abe8-8b27517e5edb/000001800037_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Bookseller on College Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/3945ff83-e7df-41ce-8991-934ffd3f4e7a/L1000992_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Taxi driver on Sarah Bose Road. Note his blood shot eyes. Drinking the night before? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/86d9eb51-06b8-48e4-9a30-72e5b3757700/000243660009_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Shopkeeper near Tiretta Bazar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/d0c4056f-911f-43a6-837f-6bd043645b29/L1000942_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata A man taking in the last bit of winter sunshine at the end of the day on Gariahat Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/d8bbd286-2b33-4e4f-8100-ed5c61faa6cf/000242660021_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Worker at a bakery near Bow Barracks. I was able to photograph him at his place of work. He kept an intense gaze while his colleagues around him found it very amusing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/c8cdfa79-a0bb-42a5-9dad-fd23b67e8745/000134670003_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata God in high places. Roadside temple near Shobhabazar metro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/09493368-78a9-40f9-b763-f6d3de3c38cb/000243260011_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Bhar. Tea cups. Near Central Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/386cf970-8024-4012-917d-3f87a3fcf699/DSCF2324_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata A lucky photograph in Kumortuli. Lots of parallelism - not just the vertical lines made by the bamboo poles, but also the artisan and the god looking at the camera at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/c7816c35-cf9a-4e42-ba45-331da8acc046/DSCF2018_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Migrant workers milling together on a morning off. Ezra Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/38381868-c676-4499-b2ce-e90791948b42/L1001018_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Restaurant worker, Hindustan Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/fb2178e6-08d2-4dbd-80b1-cf9cc6702fb3/DSCF4345-Edit_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata At a vegetable market on B. B. Ganguly Street. Love the man's relaxed pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/be4779a9-8b1c-4d3d-9d7d-4cc119fdb75d/000242660003_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Shopkeeper on Manohar Pukur Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/415b466a-474e-4f10-afd6-1109c9a611bf/DSCF4457-Edit_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Photo of a photo. The background in the photo frame matches the colour of the wall. Vegetable market on B. B. Ganguly Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/3ddef746-74a2-49ec-b7bc-00a57e964420/L1000921_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata A brilliant mishmash of chaos and texture. Election posters, Modi, Career Sniper and Body Massage all in harmonious coexistence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/25b962ba-b307-454b-a046-c4a399628f3b/000243260007_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Old door, old wall. Somewhere in north Kolkata. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/06a6c64d-721b-492f-a274-60b3af0f8405/L1001939_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Winter sunlight patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/8364a5ea-59d7-4e77-abe8-05ac0c11c401/000243280003_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Kumortuli. And somewhat reminiscent of the Argonath in Fellowship of the Ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/21f75ad2-5f06-4425-a643-7e090cbff9c2/DSCF2322_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Light and dark in a workshop in Kumortuli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/5799315d-3277-465e-b977-4a943ed064d0/L1001962_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Work in progress bathed in golden afternoon sunshine at Kumortuli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/fdff107b-8d64-454d-8336-4dd289d10140/DSCF4626_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Flower seller near the flower market under Howrah Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/bab87bb7-5d83-49ad-be55-7c4d39dfface/DSCF4428-Edit_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Iconic Howrah Bridge. Some people who never grew up still feel excited crossing the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/6ca42797-a450-4401-8340-54e1f5ecd5aa/DSCF4453_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Mullick Ghat flower market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/921bda31-243e-45c7-b969-a39a240bdbd8/L1000923_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Traffic policeman in his hut on Hazra Road. He has a very non-police, innocent look on his face. He was wary of me thinking I was from the press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/d4ed8be2-bc8c-4fed-bd8c-78a38dbca92a/DSCF2284_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Two policemen curious about cameras. Dalhousie Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/ceadc514-84d8-4651-aeeb-21f91dc3e435/L1001951_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Migrant worker. Rash Behari Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/1521a652-2ec7-4ed5-abbd-432b0ea85f8a/IMG_4721_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Afternoon sunshine and lens flare. Bhowanipore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/d7270a97-977d-4067-907f-f7c8d6862507/IMG_4723_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata This security guard in Bhowanipore was sitting in the sunshine not having much to do. So he spent his time writing in his notebook. (See next photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/6543e918-2859-4274-94ca-c80aa2535d31/IMG_4729_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata What the security guard was writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/480075f5-7af0-4da5-a5d9-4260edd8bc5c/000242660005_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Messi and CM Mamata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/36016c56-1350-43d6-9f0f-53abef078adb/L1000970_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Sleeping on the job in a yellow taxi. Bhowanipore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/ddd63ff6-4975-47a9-a214-4c28ff7c41ff/L1001010_SqSpace.jpg Kolkata Light and shade. Winter sunlight magic. Somewhere in south Kolkata. https://kunal-thakkar.photography/everywhere-else daily 0.75 2023-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/5f7f8868-7f10-48c7-979d-ee6c82a937ed/000281890025_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Brightly dressed teenager at Harajuku, Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/0684fa8a-bf73-4d44-abd3-f098d556e220/000275680032_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Mr. Boutros at his jewellery store in Khan El Khalili, Cairo. Mr. Boutros' family has owned the shop since 1936. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/b7293f82-adea-47be-8c70-c1e72885d3c2/000230300012_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Rider at a Halloween-themed bike ride starting at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/3b53482a-91a6-416f-8cb8-6a7f0cce2292/000281890020_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Fashionable young lady on Omote-sando, Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/a3408784-16e9-49e3-b5d0-0ddb64156cf8/000287800010_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Fellow photographer, Logan, in Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/d9a3c198-a179-49cc-870c-26fe1efa70fd/IMG_1712_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Inquisitive locals and annoyed tourists - what I expect, nay hope, to see in India. Humayun's Tomb, Delhi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/6d1e9dbd-5e38-4c5b-af77-dc8fc5bf2d0f/DSCF7428_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Chefs at a kebab shop in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. The contrasts between them are brilliant - one looking self-important, and the other laughing about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/bf17fd52-cce5-4ad8-9f73-e36ace4cf2e8/000275690033_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Abu Simbel, Egypt. Simply majestic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/2376db5b-88a1-408d-bc69-cacba671511f/000281890024_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Fellow dad, Omote-sando, Tokyo. This gentleman was with his young family, but was kind enough to let me photograph him. I hope his little daughter thinks he is a very famous man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/57eb7df2-fc2d-4b75-ba95-32ffe1cb6a59/DSCF5623_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Antelope Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/5a3ee78e-45a0-4916-aa8b-87d2ae175d2c/IMG_1721_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Humayun's Tomb, Delhi. If buildings have dignity, this will be somewhere at the top of the list of most dignified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/d454d76f-03b2-4c67-9d99-052182860f88/000038900001_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Isle of Skye, Scotland. The film couldn't handle the contrasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/41dc0942-9f86-485f-85e1-b4b7ed4272ab/000209210020_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Pantheon, Rome. A wonder of the ancient world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/8c1b2d40-5b88-413f-ba10-1857611f1f32/000317740004_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Fabiola - fellow photographer with an incredible collection of live music photos - in Bergen, Norway. See her work at https://www.instagram.com/lolavalkyrie/. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/b5032384-5d90-425d-9a3e-a81995146e2f/000275680037_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else A tannoura dance performance in Cairo. The bald head mars the photo a little. I had one exposure left on my ISO 400 film, and managed to capture this in low light conditions with fast moving rockstar-dancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/f3a490e5-715a-4397-8a77-64cf7a838fbc/000275700013_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Shaft of light in immense the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/de0de813-3ba7-4810-964f-abdd496bd00d/000275710006_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Inside the temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/1c956164-3ac4-47cb-b187-1ea008849b78/000275710024_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Egyptian Museum, Cairo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/459f9c76-61f3-4b07-8837-292bc932a127/L1002324_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Shop assistant at a bag shop, Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/e7b5b9f5-5857-4704-b544-d11dbc83d73a/000281890035_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Shin Godzilla, Shinjuku, Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/0fcf40f8-2103-418b-a534-95bf98ab6243/L1002265_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Young lady at a cafe in Seoul. I was struck by how well turned out, fashionable and frankly good looking South Korean young people are. This young lady happened to be 2023 Miss Korea Seoul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/f2a5b79f-5020-4c09-a02b-eb9e518d98b9/000287790004_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Young man, New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/7d06178f-81a3-4a4a-8226-f89678202fd7/000230300034_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Doorman at a hotel new Times Square, New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/9a06250c-0496-4ced-9856-22af8324c024/000287790018_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Fifth Avenue chic, New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/a06cfcdd-e2e9-4d39-93cc-e407b66043d2/000287800030_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Young man in midtown Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/96f2ab59-a9de-44f0-a2ce-46d36cc18076/DSCF3932_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Lego City? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407be7d91b0ad72132bd27c/7445aff9-91c9-4701-a2b0-fcac390aeb1d/000209190010_SqSpace.jpg Everywhere else Old man in San Giminiano, Tuscany.