The above picture was taken in Ramallah in October 2005.
After years of travelling and taking pictures my friend has persuaded me to start a blog... Its about time! You can view my friend Judy's blog (who persuaded me to submit to my inner blog) here...
I find photojournalism fascinating, although I was oblivious to its potential as a career when I was a teenager, so I found myself in the world of Information Technology. After some years focusing on my career in the IT industry, I have been lucky enough to be able to live on two continents and to indulge in my love of travel and document my travels in photographs. I have some back travels and pictures to add to this blog over time, hopefully I will learn quickly because I am not the most patient learner :) The posts here are a work in progress, I have still to add pics for reference in some and even spell check others, so forgive my sloppy work for now, please!?
Onwards and Upwards!
Friday 25 April 2008
My First Blog...
Sunday 6 April 2008
The London leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in the run up to the Beijing Olympics 2008 were marred with controversy, as they were to be in Paris, San Francisco and New Delhi. The controversy will likely continue throughout the relay, especially the planned Sydney and Tibet legs, and well after the Beijing Olympics have been and gone.
You can see the rest of my photos here...
I met the London leg of the Olympic Torch Relay at Whitechapel in East London and followed it through to the lighting of the cauldron at North Greenwich (bypassing Stratford because of the restricted access and lack of time).
Whatever your views on the demonstrators, or knowledge of the issues they were out to publicise (China's human rights record in Tibet, East Turkestan, Burma, Sudan, Zimbabwe, the death penalty etc) their impact has managed to get the world talking where it was once silent on the issues. Athletes have published a press release here... and although missing the point entirely, the issues are out in the open and the the demonstrators have succeeded in making themselves heard.
You can see the rest of my photos here...
