by Geoffrey | Aug 21, 2023 | India, Kumbh Mela, Spirituality
About a decade ago I attended a magnificent religious festival at the city then called Allahabad. Approximately 100 million people attended from all over India and from around the world, gathering in a great temporary city on a sandy flood plain where...
by Geoffrey | Aug 20, 2023 | Ganges, Gita Press, India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Morocco, Rishikesh, Transcendental Meditation
These are photographs taken at the decaying ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi situated on a slight hill on the outskirts of Rishikesh several months ago. It is a large sprawling site, partially reclaimed by nature, though the combination of decay and...
by Geoff | Jul 31, 2023 | Cemetery, Christian, Delhi, Documentary, India, Paherganj, Spirituality, Syncretism
It is hard to believe that in the teeming city of New Delhi there exists a quiet spot where the union of two nationalities and religions is celebrated. Just outside of its large walls, the busy markets of Paher Ganj and Delhi continue. I had arrived...
by Geoff | Jul 25, 2023 | Art, Bristol, Street art, UK, Urban
More urban narrative from Bristol……. Share...
by Geoff | Jul 17, 2023 | Cloudscape, Cornwall, Documentary, Newlyn, Penzance, Promenade, UK, West Penwith
My 5 days in Cornwall has been spent under huge ever changing skies, where clouds roll across an aerial landscape without cessation. I walked from Penzance to Newlyn today along the promenade, and explored a little of Newlyn. The journey is an...
by Geoff | Jul 14, 2023 | Botallack, Cornish Mining, Cornwall, Geevor, Tin Mining, West Penwith
The Cornish tin mining industry maybe history now, but it’s landscape remains a resounding and echoing reminder of when Cornwall contributed immensely to the development of mining practice around the world. The pounding and smoking residue of beam...
by Geoff | Jul 4, 2023 | Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Kif, Morocco, Ouezzane
The green medina of Ouezzane contains an area of small workshops where artisans produce a range of products for the consumption of mostly local inhabitants. Around this artisanal area the haunting tapping of hammers, low drone of power tools and the...
by Geoff | Jul 4, 2023 | Art, Artist, Chefchaouen, Fes, Marabout, Medina, Morocco, Ouezzane, Sufi, Wazzan
This post describes a continued interest in the role and relevance of street art, on this occasion in Morocco. I have visited Morocco on at least 6 occasions over the last decade, and for an extended period of time rented a house in the medina in...
by Geoff | Jul 1, 2023 | Glastonbury, Somerset, Travelling Community, Zig Zag Building
The Zig Zag building in Glastonbury had another Open Day today. ‘Built in 1934 and known as the Bauhaus by the Morland factory family who used it for manufacturing sheepskin slippers, gloves and coats. Left derelict between 1980 and 2013, it is now hosting...
by Geoff | Jan 27, 2023 | Dorset, Great Stone Project 2022, Quarries, Stone, Stone Circles, UK
Great Stone Project 2022 I have flirted with Portland for several years, journeying down most years to stay at the Portland Bird Observatory, and walking around its coastline and exploring some of its quarries without really committing to photographing the... 
