Puente Nuevo, Ronda
Puente Nuevo, Ronda, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. The Puente Nuevo spans the El Tajo gorge, which divides the old town of Ronda, famous for its spectacular mountain setting, and its associations with Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles, afficiandos of the bullfight, and who both spent time at the bullring here, dating back to 1785 and [...]
Estepona Old Town
Estepona Old Town, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. We are now staying in Estepona, the last resort on the Costa del Sol, a few kilometres from Marbella. Estepona is not as developed as the major resorts and retains a nice old town with narrow streets and some interesting buildings.
La Catedral, Sevilla
La Catedral, Sevilla, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. I’m in Spain this week, first visiting Sevile before heading down to the coast. The cathedral is a massive Gothic building with a huge interior supported by immense stone columns, and may or may not hold the remains of Christopher Columbus.
Urbis Museum, Manchester
Urbis Museum, Manchester, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. In July 2005, I photographed Manchester city centre from the air for the Urbis Museum in Manchester. Here I am standing next to the exhibit. I used my Nikon D2X with a Sigma 28-80mm lens at a shutter speed of 1/2000th sec.
Lake District from the Air
Lake District from the Air, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. I’ve just received the first copies of my three latest books from Myriad – Lake District from the Air, North West Panoramas, and Peak District Villages. Currently in production are Wales from the Air, and North West England Landscapes. We’re currently planning next years titles, which [...]
Marine Parade Bridge, Southport
Marine Parade Bridge, Southport, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. I’ve shot the bridge hundreds of times, starting when it was a construction site. I produced the progress photography for Balfour Beatty, the main contractors, and the view from the top is pretty good. I shot this on my new Fujifilm Finepix E900 compact, which I’m really [...]
Agnieszka and Isabella from Poland check plants for fungus
Agnieszka and Isabella from Poland check plants for fungus, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. Porters is a large horticultural growers in Formby, Merseyside, with large greenhouses covering over 12 acres on three sites, supplying fuchsias and garden products to national retailers like B & Q and Woolworths. Checking plants for fungus are Agnieszka (left) and Isabella [...]
Oxfam’s Safe Sex Education Combating HIV/AIDS
Oxfam’s Safe Sex Education Combating HIV/AIDS, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. One of Oxfam’s principal activities in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS is to educate people about methods of safe sex, including demonstrations in the use of condoms. It should be emphasised that there is a very clear distinction between the assignments being set [...]
Easedale Tarn, Lake District
Easedale Tarn, Lake District, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. Easedale Tarn in Cumbria was a favourite spot of the poet William Wordsworth when he lived at Dove Cottage in the nearby village of Grasmere, and remains one of the most serene and unspoilt places in the Lake District. As this was a travel assignment, I decided [...]
John Coulton, Southport Shrimper
John Coulton, Southport Shrimper, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. John Coulton is 76 years old. He has been a shrimper on Southport beach for the last 60 years, and built the Venture, this amphibious shrimping vehicle, in 1963, although he no longer owns it, and is unimpressed by its present delapidated state. Beach shrimping is all [...]
Ground Zero, New York, 19th February 2006
Ground Zero, New York, 19th February 2006, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. Ground Zero, New York, 19th February 2006. Four and a half years on, Ground Zero is now a massive construction site, with little visible evidence remaining of the catastrophic events of 11th September 2001. Originally, it was only possible to see the site of [...]
Seaforth Container Terminal, Liverpool Freeport
Seaforth Container Terminal, Liverpool Freeport, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. Containers at Seaforth Container Terminal, Liverpool Freeport, Merseyside, United Kingdom. The Port of Liverpool handles more container trade with USA and Canada than any other port in the UK, and also handles services to the Far East and West Africa.
George Galloway Addresses Respect Meeting
George Galloway Addresses Respect Meeting, originally uploaded by lightboxuk. George Galloway, MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, addresses a meeting of the Respect coalition at Liverpool’s Gladstone Hotel, 07.02.2006. George Galloway has become something of a figure of fun since his antics in Celebrity Big Brother, but he is one of the most recognised politicians [...]