Nimtala and Cremation : Kolkata

Nimtala and Cremation : Kolkata

I recently received a request from a student of architecture in India for some photographs I had taken of Nimtala Cremation Ghat, Kolkata. He had seen them on my website and wanted them to support his University thesis on devising plans for a new cremation complex,...
Alamgir Masjid and the Ghazwa-e-Hind

Alamgir Masjid and the Ghazwa-e-Hind

“Two groups amongst My Ummah would be such, to whom Allah has freed from fire; One group would attack India & the Second would be that who would accompany Isa Ibn-e-Maryam (A.S.)”  quote taken from a translation of the Hadith India is widely considered to be a...
Pig Dyke Molly at Sidmouth Folk Week

Pig Dyke Molly at Sidmouth Folk Week

English folk custom is at its very best when it portrays dark and ‘weird’.   Tony Forster,  the ‘boss’ of Pig Dyke Molly says on their website ‘Rum old thing, the Molly tradition. So little is written down, and that is so obviously any...
Bizarre  Culture  Features  Kumbh  Mela  Images  and  Story

Bizarre Culture Features Kumbh Mela Images and Story

The on-line magazine Bizarre Culture has kindly featured images from my trip to the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 at Allahabad. The feature can be found here . The magazine provides a platform for the artistic work of ‘strong personalities who have a great sense of...
Logans Rock

Logans Rock

Photographs showing granite cliffs on a misty day on the west Penwith peninsula, Cornwall. The granite rock formations and landscape around West Penwith have inspired artists such as Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson etc. Here the landscape looks towards Porthcurno from...