Category: Photography
Huashan is a mountain located about 120 kilometres east of Xi'an- China's old capital. It's home to some very dicey walking tracks, a really spectacular set of cable cars, a tea house perched on a cliff face and a photo studio with some genuine occupational health and safety issues.
The entry point for my brief tour of China was the southern Province of Sichuan-famed for its incredibly spicy food and baffling theatrical performances. I flew into the capital Chengdu at the start of October and explored the city between bouts of rain before venturing out into the nearby mountains.
When I first decided to visit Ton Sai ten or so years ago I discovered getting there was a little tricky.
On South Africa's western cape we visited the coastal towns of Kalkbaai, Hermanus and Gaansbai.
In South Africa, the saying goes, 'wildlife must pay its way'. It's not enough to be endangered you have to generate revenue to be conserved.
Sani Pass is a stretch of road on the border of South Africa and Lesotho. The stretch of road between the South African border post and the summit is one of the most treacherous roads I've ever come across.
Across Europe and Russia you can find the remains of bunkers and air-raid shelters- a legacy of the Second World War and the Cold War that followed. In Cappadocia, in central Turkey, you can find much older and much more extensive underground shelters.
On a cliff overlooking the small town of Cavusin a Turkish flag flies amidst the ruins of a village.
The previous set of photos was taken on Istiklal avenue approaching Taksim Square.
Photos I took of today's anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul.
Some images of Berlin's International Congress Centre designed by Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte in 1979.
A series of images of the abandoned East German 'Spreepark' taken in May this year.
There's something grimly poetic about Teufelsberg- the Devil's Mountain.
Some images of Berlin's controversial museum of near-eastern antiquities including the massive Pergamon Altar.
Photos taken at Berlin's Olympic Stadium- site of the infamous Nazi games of 1936.
A collection of haunting Soviet-era war memorials in the mountains of former Yugoslavia taken by Belgian artist Jan Kempenaers.
All the skyscrapers in Paris are concentrated in a region several miles from the city centre in an area known as La Defence.
Images taken inside Notre Dame and the Cathedral of Saint Sulpice in Paris.
Some amazing self-portraits by Korean/American artist Miru Kim.
A small selection of dizzying photos taken by Russian teenagers in the upper reaches of the Moscow skyline.
On any given sunday there are angry Parisians at the Place De la Bastille railing against the government for one reason or another.