The following photographs, from a trip to Seoul, South Korea this past spring, are from a day of exploring the old palace complex of Gyeongbokgung that was at times the principal seat of Korea’s Joseon dynasty (14th century to early in the 20th century). The …
The small Belgian city of Bruges (Brugge) has a compact historic center that retains the authentic fabric and character of the Middle Ages. The city is located on the flat plain of the Flanders countryside and is connected by river to the North Sea, just …
I spent a day in Brussels a while back, pre-pandemic. I walked through the city center taking photographs on the late afternoon and evening of the day I arrived, and then most of the next day. In looking through the photographs from my brief explorations …
I rode across the country this past spring on a motorcycle that I had bought during the winter from a guy in Orange County, California, just south of Los Angeles. We did the transaction online, and he kept the bike garaged until I flew out …
In this post I’m sharing looks at parts of facades and walls in Paris. They caught my eye for various reasons: the way the light was hitting, the pattern of shadows, or the curious combinations of elements or lines. Sometimes the interest was in the …
A few years ago I visited Paris with a medium-format film camera and a heavy-duty tripod. The Fuji GX680 is somewhat of a beast to carry around outdoors, but, like a large-format camera, its lens is connected with a flexible bellows that allows it to …
Highland County is located on the western border of Virginia, adjacent to West Virginia and about halfway down the stretch of Appalachian Mountains that straddles the line between the two states. Along the Appalachian chain there is a band of ridge and valley geography that …
Rìo Seco is a small community not far from where I stayed on the coast of Costa Rica. The name translates to dry river, and it’s in the midst of golden pastures surrounded by small ridges. Its modest houses stretch for a short distance along …