by Geoffrey | Feb 28, 2024 | Documentary, Somerset, Somerset Coast Line, The Mud Line, United Kingdom
The Somerset coastline stretches for some 80 miles from just south of Weston Super Mare to west of Porlock Weir, the former at the new boundary of N orth Somerset and the latter within the boundary of Exmoor National Park. The Bristol Channel has one...
by Geoffrey | Jan 9, 2024 | Christian, Churches, Cornish Mining, Cornwall, St Just in Penwith, Tin Mining, UK
Hinterland definitions : a region lying inland from a coast a region remote from urban areas, a region lying beyond major metropolitan or cultural centers West Penwith is a region in the far west of the United Kingdom. The region is...
by Geoffrey | Dec 17, 2023 | Documentary, Ganges, India, Rishikesh
One of my favourite photographers of India is Raghu Rai, who became a world recognised Magnum photographer. He has documented the rhythyms, lives and colours of life in India since 1965. Here is his Magnum profile : Raghu Rai was...
by Geoffrey | Dec 17, 2023 | Ganges, India, Rishikesh, Spirituality, Street art
The famed Laxman Jula bridge of Rishikesh, featured in original photographs of the Beatles in Rishikesh, has now closed and a new bridge with a Beatles’ link has opened. Crossing the Ganges from the Kailash Gate area to the Maharaji Mahesh Yogi...
by Geoffrey | Dec 11, 2023 | Ganges, India
Jambudvipa is the name of the continent of Earth according to the concept of Hinduism…. is divided into four vast regions shaped like four petals of lotus with Mount Meru being located at the center like the pericarp of the flower…..Bharata lies on the...
by Geoffrey | Nov 25, 2023 | UK, United Kingdom
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by Geoffrey | Nov 1, 2023 | Dartmoor, Fuji GFX 50r, Great Stone Project 2022, Stone, Stone Circles, United Kingdom
Grey Wethers is a double stone age circle on the south-eastern slopes of Sittaford Tor on the western edge of Dartmoor. Wethers is another name for ‘sheep’ and local legend suggests the stones resemble sheep grazing on the Moor....
by Geoffrey | Oct 23, 2023 | Art, Bristol, Documentary, Skateboarding, UK, United Kingdom, Urban
These photographs depict the urban landscape between the River Frome and the B4058, and beneath the M32, in Bristol, UK. Share...
by Geoffrey | Sep 27, 2023 | Bristol, Skateboarding, Spirituality, Street art, UK, United Kingdom, Urban
‘Skateboarders never want to talk about religion, unless it’s to praise their favorite ‘switch god,’ show off their burning nun graphic, or ridicule an aging, born-again pro. But, as a skateboarding sociologist that focuses his research on religion, I...
by Geoffrey | Sep 21, 2023 | Ganges, India, Uttarkashi
The Ganges rushed its way through Uttarkashi, with little to no idle chit chat. As a goddess, Ganga remained young, excitable and in a rush to leave the mountains and to slow and mature on the plains far below. After heavy rains Her volume...