Photos

Indonesia

A spoon rests in a bowl of banana soup

Male and female batik workers paint cloth in a shop

Batik Factory

A loaded motorbike passes on a rural road

Crowd of people at the edge of the shore with a woody mountain in the distance

Pantai Baron

Seascape with gathering grey clouds above

Seashore with people at water's edge behind a handmade sign reading "Krakal"

Pantai Krakal

Seashore with bare trees in the foreground and a pile of rubbish on the sand

Pantai Sepanjang (Sign reads: No Rubbish)

Seashore with figures huddled along the shore and a man walking past

Pantai Sepanjang

Roadside food stall displaying fried fish with a woman passing in front.

Concrete block house under construction in the middle of a forested landscape

Motorbike and ladder resting against a tree outside a concrete block rural house

Two people on a motorbike pass a ploughed field with smoke billowing from burning waste

A small figure passes billowing smoke from fires in a ploughed field.

People wade along a seashore as the surf rolls in.

Pantai Sepanjang

A cow stares from a wooden hut in forest landscape.

Smoke billows from ploughed fields in rural landscape with three palm trees in the foreground

White stone sculptures of Buddhist deities and the Elephant God Ganesh stand on site at the edge of the sea.

Pantai Ngobaran

Sea rolls in along coastline with large rocks and jagged cliffs.

Pantai Ngobaran

A heart shaped structure stands in front of Buddhist sculpture site perched int he mountain landscape

A child with pail wades in the surf at the seashore

Pantai Ngobaran

People wade in pools of water at the edge of the seashore

Pantai Ngobaran

Using bamboo crosspoles, men drag a long boat up the shoreline as people bathe in the sea.

Pantai Baron

A stone buddhist temple rests on a pediment on a cliff surrounded by tropical foliage.

Pantai Ngobaran

A mural of a warrior frescoed on a gate as two girls in Muslim dress pass

Motorbike riders pass each other on a road beside sugar can factory with banana trees

A mural painted on an open gate shows busts of Sukarno and Suharto beside the silhouette of spread-winged eagle hovering over a platform of small figures.

Ruang MES 56 photography collective

Banana trees with large green fronds and woody bark

Jogjakarta backstreet, with colourful street art marking concrete walls and, in the distance, an older woman and a child on a bicycle.

Baskets of grilled and charred corn on the cob and sardines

Jogjakarta street art: Surrounded by cartoon figures, a uniformed man with reflective face and steel hat carries a pole that extends into an actual street light.

Seven Javanese theatrical masks, carved wood painted white with red and black features, smile, frown, and grimace, with the one at centre's mouth open wide vertically like a baby bird.

Javanese masks in the studio of Bagong Kussudiardja at PSBK

Yogyakarta street, with small red car driving in front of a leafy tree, with motorbike and street art marked corrugated steel in the background.

a folded newspaper package tied with string sits in a bowl beside a metal spoon, sided with plastic wrapped Indonesian rice cakes

lunch

Silhoutted figures stand against the open doors of a square studio.

filmpro Indonesia

Interior of a warung, a small restaurant with picnic table and benches with the menu in Indonesian on the wall.

Silhouetted by an electric lamp, figures rest on the balcony of a half constructed house. One squats, consulting his phone.

Jl. Prawirotaman

A hut beside concrete footings and stand of banana trees alongside the paved road

Four figures from different traditions on a table, a wire and plaster dancer, a painted hen, a bronze Indian classical dancer, and a painted ceramic frog.

Figures in the studio of Bagong Kussudiardja at PSBK

A youth stands at a bus stop, a small glass and metal booth, in school uniform, while bright blurred foliage rushes past in the foreground.

Urban street with food stall beneath giant billboards, at scooters pass in the foreground.

A square of rice paddy with bright green rice sprouting in rows.

Seen from above, two young woman, one wearing black hijab, the other white, consult their mobile surrounded by motorbikes

Jl. Prawirotaman

In the courtyard lit by purple and red light, band of electronic musicians and singer perform while one man films and others listen and watch

Dongbang Soundsystem at Ruang MES 56

Blurred by their motion, two schoolgirls in uniform, including neckties and hijab, cross the road.

Large motorcyclist rests in the road with opaque bubble helmet beside a becak driver adjusting the awning of his vehicle

Seashore with silhouetted people in the distance and a kite flying past

Two women in lime green gymsuits share a bicycle, their heads covered in white hijab and turned away, wedged between motorbikes.

In the courtyard lit by blue and green light, band of electronic musicians and singer perform while one man films and others listen and watch

Dongbang Soundsystem at Ruang MES 56

A mural painted on an open gate shows busts of Sukarno and Suharto beside the black silhouette of a spread-winged eagle hovering over a platform of small figures

Triptychs

A triptych of photos from Isle of Harris showing, from left to right, a dilapidated wood frame house in a dry landscape, a woman's face as she looks out the window, a tiny house in the background at the edge of the water in a copper coloured landscape

A triptych of photos shows, from left to right, an abandoned wooden frame on a cooper coloured landscape, a woman with white stick stands on the corner in a rural village, a woman's head turns to see the mist covered peak of a dry brown mountain.

A triptych of photos shows, from left to right, a small figure stands at the edge of a cliff beside a body of water, the smudged window looking out on a mountain landscape, a woman's head turned to the side sits on an airport bench.

A triptych of photos shows, from left to right, a sedan car parked before an ancient ruin, seen from above workers treat leather in an outdoor tannery, a heron stands on top of a rocky peak beside the barely visible moon.

A triptych of photos shows, from left to right, a boy seen from above walks on a pebbly beach, sharp edged succulents against a blue sky, a settlement of concrete houses behind an electrical tower and a steel fence.

A triptych of photos shows, from left to right, a rudimentary hut built into the side of a hill, close up of a purple iris blooming in hard ground, a city scape with a car park in the foreground and skyscrapers in the background.

A triptych of photos shows, from left to right, a small turtle perched on the back of a larger one, boys kick a ball in the surf of a beach, a round tire swing in front of the sun setting behind a hill, creating a round sunspot.

Triptych of photos shows, from left to right, colourful mannekin busts model women's apparel, a city peaks out between cracks of skyscrapers, footsteps on a sandy beach with seaweed.

A triptych of photos shows, from left to right, two seagulls perched on a wall in front of parked cars in a foggy landscape, women rest on a hillside above an ancient city, shadow of a figure on smooth sand beside a length of seaweed

A triptcyh of photos from Moscow shows, from left to right, snow covered rooves of apartment blocks, a gold domed church hidden behind bare trees, a fur-coated woman passes a bronze statue of a soldier in the metro station

Triptych of photos of Brighton showing, from left to right, pastel coloured beach huts, a crowd lying on the pebbly beach in the sun, waders in the sea with the burned out pier in the background.

Brighton Triptych 2

April in the Country

A woman with white stick stands on the corner of a village street before the West Coast Food Store.

A woman's head turns to face the mist covered peak of a dry brown mountain.

Skeleton and wool of a decaying sheep corpse rests on the side of a grassy hill.

A woman travelling by coach leans her head against the window through which hills and a bay of water are visible.

An electric python stands at the edge of a bay in a copper and gold coloured landscape

Through a smudged window a mountain landscape is visible.

A woman stands, leaning on her white stick, at the edge of a bay.

A woman sits on the edge of a rocky cliff jutting into a bay

A woman leans against the rail of a ferry boat with the boat's wake visible behind her.

A woman looks out the window towards a dry orange landscape.

A wood frame house with a smaller out building at the edge of a stream before a copper coloured hill.

A copper coloured landscape with a winding stream and a tiny house in the background.

A woman sits on a mustard coloured bench with her head turned way, an airplane just visible out the window behind her.

An abandoned house with broken roof in a foggy landscape at the edge of a creek.

Visions

Sunlight flares above a tire swing suspended from a tree

Children play in the spray of a sprinkler

Reflections and signs contrast in the store window of a tiled commercial building

A young girl plays in the surf at the edge of a sandy beach

London riverscape with tall buildings including the Gherkin in the distance

Two mountain peaks, stony grey with green moss

A small open beaked bird on a muddy beach

Flowers at the edge of a calm bay with hills in the distance

Ryanair

A young policeman in front of a Lloyd's of London entrance whose glass has been smashed and grafittied.

Swimmers silhouetted in the sea on a hazy day

Silhouetted figures in St. Mark's Square in heavy mist

White gulls caught suspended in mid air over the sea

Colourful fishing boats sit on beach in front of a village on a hill

Bright lights flare at the end of a motorway at night

A try street with horizontal branches casts its shadow against a small building

From the driver's point of view, the motorway, side and front mirrors and sat nav

A woman walks past bright beach houses while a couple sits out on lawn chairs

A neon sign with a full-haired man's head and the words Why go Bald?

The side a building with a peeling mural showing a man's head composed of machine gears

A V-shaped tree trunk at the edge of the water in front of a dry hill.

Israel/Palestine

Spiky succulents and spiky trees against a clear blue sky

Boys play in the surf at the beach, one bending over with his head underwater

A small turtle perches on the back of a larger turtle

An open structure dwelling sits in the midst of a hilly landscape with settlements in the distance

A large settlement of many buildings climbs a hill on the other side of a fenced off field.

A concrete souvenir shop with a sign a painted mural of a dove wearing a protective vest

The separation wall painted with a mural of two army officers escorting a blindfolded prisoner

Jerusalem, Israel

A mosque with minaret seen through ancient arches against a blue sky

Colourful mannequin busts with big smiles model bright fashions

A young boy fishes in a port of small boats

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