Travel Snapshot: London

Taken when walking past a small pond in a local London park, and going for a Monet-style look

Line(s) of the Day

Photography can be a mirror and reflect life as it is, but I also think it is possible to walk like Alice, through the Looking Glass and find another world with the camera.

English photographer Tony Ray-Jones, as quoted in the photographic exhibition ‘Only in England’ at the Science Museum in London.

Travel Snapshot: London

Taken while on a long walk around West London

Line(s) of the Day

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few that are rich.

President John F. Kennedy in his inaugural address in 1961

Travel Snapshot: Washington, USA

Taken at the Air and Space Museum in Washington

Line(s) of the Day

Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always.

Mohatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) in Gandhi (1982)

Travel Snapshot: Washington, USA

Taken at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington

Line(s) of the Day

“Death: “THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT.”
Albert: “Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”

Taken from the book ‘Death’s Domain: A Discman Mapp’ by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidry.

Film Quizzes: Stanley Kubrick

I’ve done two quizzes on film set in New York (part 1 part 2) so it’s only fair to do one for one of the city’s most famous natives. Stanley Kubrick is truly one of the most admired, acclaimed and visionary directors to ever have stood behind the camera. See how many of the films below you can get.

 (1950s)

 (1950s)

 (1960s)

 (1970s)

 (1970s)

 (1980s)

Answers below

Travel Snapshot: Vienna, Austria

Taken of the Prater Wheel in Vienna, Austria. It was featured in my favourite film The Third Man.