Fireball
New York, NY, USA
2013 starts with a bang, as a Quadrantid meteor blazes across the skies of the north-east.
Archive for 2013
Index of blog posts from 2013
Jorge Selarón
Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón has been found dead on the site of his own unique art project, the Escadaria Selarón.
Idiotarod 2013
Another cold Saturday in January, and the Idiotarod is back on the streets of Brooklyn.
Snow storm
New York, NY, USA
A much-trumpeted winter storm delivers only a few inches of snow to New York.
Chinese New Year Parade 2013
New York, NY, USA
Photographs of New York's 2013 Chinese New Year parade.
The bird is back
New York, NY, USA
A young red-tailed hawk has taken up residence in Tompkins Square Park.
San Francisco evening
San Francisco, CA, USA
Photographs taken in San Francisco during the early evening and night.
San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Photographs taken in San Francisco, California.
San Francisco HDR
San Francisco, CA, USA
High-dynamic range (HDR) photographs taken in San Francisco, California.
Anarchy in the Lower East Side
New York, NY, USA
Not everyone is welcome at the Anarchist Book Fair.
Half a saunter
New York, NY, USA
This year I only had time to do half of the Great Saunter.
Incipit vita nova
New York, NY, USA
Things are going to change around here. Goodbye job, hello all kinds of adventures.
Art Around the Park 2013
New York, NY, USA
Photographs from Art Around the Park 2013, part of the annual Howl Festival.
Another time, another park
Watching the protests over Gezi Park in Istanbul reminded me of similar protests. Similar, but very different.
Northern Europe from the air
Riga, Latvia
Photographs of northern Europe seen from the air.
Riga
Riga, Latvia
Between impressive Art Nouveau buildings and lush parks, Riga is a strikingly elegant city.
Jugendstil
Riga, Latvia
Photographs of Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) architecture in Riga, Latvia.
Cape Kolka
Cape Kolka, Latvia
Cape Kolka is not the wilderness that I was promised.
Exit, pursued by a bee
Cape Kolka, Latvia
The flies on the Kolka-Mazirbe Road are very large, totally fearless, and extremely fit.
Sigulda
Gauja National Park, Vidzeme, Latvia
Photographs of Sigulda and Gauja National Park.
Cēsis
Cēsis, Vidzeme, Latvia
Photographs from the town of Cēsis in north-eastern Latvia.
Mammatus
Riga, Latvia
A thunderstorm, a double rainbow, and mammatus clouds. Not bad for an evening's work.
Majori
Riga, Latvia
Photographs taken in Majori, Jurmala, Latvia.
Riga life
Riga, Latvia
Photographs of daily life in Riga.
The art of conversation
Vilnius, Lithuania
M. has lost her voice. Technology offers a partial solution.
Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania
Photographs from Vilnius, Lithuania.
Vilnius statues
Vilnius, Lithuania
Photographs of statues from Vilnius, Lithuania.
The Curonian Spit
Nida, Lithuania
Photographs from the Curonian Spit, Lithuania.
Two wheels of folly
Aukštaitija National Park, Lithuania
My third and final day of cycling is the shortest in terms of distance covered, but the least forgiving in terms of terrain.
Trakai
Trakai, Lithuania
Photographs from Trakai, Lithuania.
More Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania
Photographs from Vilnius, Lithuania.
Across the USA
San Diego, CA, USA
Aerial photographs of the United States taken on a flight from New York to San Diego.
Torrey Pines
La Jolla, CA, USA
Photographs taken at the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, La Jolla, California.
Black's Beach
La Jolla, CA, USA
Photographs taken at Black's Beach, La Jolla, California.
San Diego fireworks
La Jolla, CA, USA
Photographs of the 4th of July fireworks display in La Jolla, San Diego, California.
Black's Beach cliffs
La Jolla, CA, USA
Photographs taken from the cliffs above Black's Beach, La Jolla, California.
Clarion 2013
La Jolla, CA, USA
Personal impressions of the Clarion Writer's Workshop at UCSD in San Diego.
Comic-Con 2013
San Diego, CA, USA
The typical Comic-Con attendee is not merely nerdier than you, but nerdier than you by several orders of magnitude.
End of Clarion
La Jolla, CA, USA
I may have found My People. They are wild and strange and delightful and you will be hearing from them soon..
San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA
Photographs taken in San Diego, California.
Birds, bugs and bunnies
East Lyme, CT, USA
Photographs of animals and birds taken in East Lyme, Connecticut.
Sea, sky and sunsets
East Lyme, CT, USA
Photographs of landscapes and sunsets taken in East Lyme, Connecticut.
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden, Essex, UK
Photographs from Saffron Walden, Essex, UK.
River Thames night and day
London, UK
Photographs of the River Thames in London.
Gary Numan
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Photographs of Gary Numan at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, 29 October 2013.
Halloween Parade 2013
New York, NY, USA
Photographs taken at the Halloween Parade in New York's West Village.
Shardography
London, UK
Photographs of the Shard skyscraper in London.
London light and dark
London, UK
Photographs from London, mostly taken in Highgate and Hampstead.
The land of mist
London, UK
Photographs of foggy weather from London and Essex.
Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
In some ways, Brussels has changed surprisingly little during the twenty years I've been away.
Bruges
Bruges, Belgium
Photographs from Bruges in Belgium.
Brussels by night
Brussels, Belgium
Photographs of Brussels at night and in the early morning.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photographs from Amsterdam, mostly of canals.
Music 2013
New York, NY, USA
Photographs of bands and artists in New York during 2013.