First Camera

Darren Rouse over at Digital Photography School recently asked the question, "What was your first photography experience?". My first experience was borrowing my mother's Instamatic (don't recall if it was…

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The Louvre, Paris

I spent the bulk of 1998 and 1999 living in Paris, France. For the first time since 1985 I didn't own a car. I walked, took the bus or rode…

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Campbell, South Africa

In 1986, having received a sentence of 5-years suspended for 5-years having been caught brewing beer in Libya, I was assigned to South Africa. In January 1987 I found myself in the…

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Bodø, Norway

Bodø, Norway
Boats in Bodø harbour at midnight.

In the summer of 1985 I took off for a rail trip around Europe with a close friend. Having traveled around German, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and (the former) Yugoslavia the…

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Uphole rig, Libya

Uphole rig, Libya
Uphole rig in Libya

When I first went to Libya in 1984 I was an 'Assistant Seismologist'. My job function was to determine the static corrections needed to apply to the seismic data so…

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The ‘Lady Be Good’, Libya

The ‘Lady Be Good’, Libya
Wreckage of the Lady Be Good in 1991

In 1990-91 I was fortunate enough to be assigned to work in the Calanscio sand sea in the Libyan Desert. Fortunate because a little to the east (in those days)…

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