Ash from the fireplace thrown on the grass. Tayvallich, Argyll and Bute, West Scotland. Both wood and coal are still burnt by many people during West Scotland's unforgiving and often brutal winter. The jury is 'still out' concerning wood's 'green credentials.' There is a polarization of opinion concerning woods environmental footprint. Much of the difference in opinion centres around whether an open fireplace or a closed stove is used to burn the wood. Of course, there is little debate about coal's destructive effect upon the atmosphere because it releases dangerous elements, metals and large amounts of carbon dioxide. So, what motivates people to continue to burn wood and coal? As in this photograph; there is a positive by-product of throwing wood ash on your grass or garden, it changes the pH of the soil. Wood ashes will raise the pH and lower the acid in the soil. 2018
Battery operated American toy soldier on the pavement, New York, USA.
On the road to Mandalay, Burma. 2013
Seconds, after take off a Mandala Boeing 732-200 airliner, shook violently veered to the left and slammed into a bustling marketplace bursting into flames and killing at least 147 people. Medan, Sumatra. 2005
Mobil gas station. Mt. Hagen, PNG.
"The Slips" Buriganga River, Bangladesh.
Early morning. Mt. Hagen, PNG.
Alcohol can cause dramatic mood swings in Dennis from happy to dark-this was the latter. These pictures were taken in Newcastle, Australia. They are a reportage of the daily struggle of life, of alcoholic and homeless people who live there.
“Museum of Death.” Bangkok, 2012.
Mental asylum. Aceh, Indonesia. 2005.
“Writing on the wall.” Hong Kong, 2014.
Nazarenos' Easter procession, Spain. 1995
‘Cruising’ Young men cruise the main street of Phonsovane, Laos. 2001.
Unloading timber from Pinisi boats at Sunda Kalapa port. Jakarta, Indonesia. 2005.
Blue Eyed, Brown Eyed Boy. Cambodia-Thai border. 2008
"Promenade" Zanzibar, Tanzania. 1996
Three Catholic nuns contemplate the meaning of Stonehenge.
Sex worker and client. Lake Providence Louisiana, USA. In 1994 Lake Providence was declared America's poorest town statistically.
In 1994 Lake Providence was declared America's poorest town statistically. Louisiana, USA.
In 1994 Lake Providence was declared America's poorest town statistically. Louisiana, USA.
‘Cock Fight.’ Thai - Burma border. 2004.
A Burmese sex worker prepares to meet a client. She will earn US$5 for the session and keep US$3 after she gives a percentage to her Thai pimps. She says that she sends most of her earnings back to her mother and child inside Burma.
Wat Prabat Namphu. Hospice for people living with HIV. Thailand.
Wat Prabat Namphu. Hospice for people living with HIV. Thailand.
“On the way to school.” Manila Catholic Cemetery. The Philippines. 1994.
Manila Catholic Cemetery. The Philippines. 1994.
"Dream Gaze." Nuba woman in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan. 1996
‘Scarification.’ Nuba woman in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan. 1996
Child, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. 1996
This 14-year-old landmine victim has his gangrene-infected leg amputated with a blunt saw and a local anaesthetic. He winched at times during the operation but he did not scream. Mae Sot, 2005
‘Sparring.’ Ballinasloe, Ireland.
Sumatra, Indonesia. 1984.
"Feeding The Gulls." Rangoon, Burma.
Perpetual Motion. Hong Kong harbor, 2014
Tokyo’s famous Shibuya crossing. Japan, Tokyo 2012.
Dhow, Mombasa, Kenya. 1999.
Silo, Andalusia, Spain. 1995
Waiting for a food drop. Baidoa, Somalia. 1992.
Displaced Angolans take refuge during the civil war. Quito, Angola 1993.
An RPF soldier advancing in Gikoro district. Rwanda, 1994
Empty machine gun shells [from a gun placement] frame a family photograph. Outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, 1994
Corpses of Tutu massacre victims lay outside a Belgian Catholic Church in Rukara. Rwanda, 1994
The woman clasping her neck had just admitted [the precise second the shutter was tripped to the RPF officer silhouetted in the doorway] to personally murdering seven people. Rwanda, 1994
Elmar Hampo 12, lived in a house surrounded with landmines during the war in former Yugoslavia. Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1995
Kamajor fighters, Sierra Leone 1996.
Islamic Renaissance party member shot dead, by a government sniper in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The Islamic Renaissance Party were fighting to overthrow the Soviet-backed government in power. Tajikistan, 1992
Mother Leng Bo, with her family, in their hut in the village of Loveathon, Cambodia. 2009
Looking out across Manado harbour, several rivers from a gold mining area only 30 kms away flow into this harbour. This bay is already contaminated with high levels of mercury. 2002
Golden Horse Monastery on the Thai - Burma border. 2006
Redfern, an inner city suburb, Sydney Australia. Also, was known as ‘the block’, referring to its small geographical area. It was mostly inhabited by Indigenous Australians. 1982.
Mercury used in illegal gold mining operations high in the mountains above the town of Manado subsequently entered the water table, river systems and surrounding ecosystem (including this bay) posing a threat to both nature and man. Sulawesi, Indonesia. 2002
Welsh coal miners wash the coal dust from each other’s bodies. Black Forest Mountains, Wales, UK.
On the banks of The Volga River. Russia.
'Sea View' Hotel room. Isle of Mull, West Scotland. 2018.
Sailors 'tacking' off the coast of Mombasa, Kenya. 1999.