Sumo returns to LA…
SUMO WRESTLING returned to Los Angeles after an absence of 27 years. Grand Sumo - the All-Star Game of this ancient sport - brought 40 or so of Japan’s biggest and brightest sumo celebrities. Dressed according to rank, toned by intense training and bearing miens both dignified and playful, these men are the authentic heirs […]
LIVE: Huge blaze at LA’s Universal Studios…
A MASSIVE fire tore through the backlot at Universal Studios today, destroying some of Hollywood’s most recognisable movie sets and a film vault containing archived film dating back to the 1920s. Up to 400 firefighters backed up by water-dropping helicopters struggled to contain the blaze amidst exploding propane tanks and highly-flammable wooden movie sets. I […]
HACKED!
LOOKS like my blog was hacked at some point over the past couple of days, a very strange post appeared. Anyway, I’ve changed my password, and will keep and eye on it - as well as the countless spam comments
Unplanned Spectacle…
A BURST fire hydrant provided commuters and local residents with a spectacular sight on Fairfax Ave in Los Angeles today. A car hit the hydrant, sending a 100+ foot jet of water into the sky as firefighters battled to turn the supply off. The large crowd of spectators that had gathered applauded when the firefighters […]
I’D HAVE DIED AT 13 IF IT WASN’T FOR SCHINDLER
LEON LAYSON was just 12 when Oskar Schindler drew up his infamous, life-saving list and included him, along with his mother, father, brother and sister. I visited Leon’s home in California along with a writer as he told us his amazing account of surviving Nazi persecution in his Polish hometown of Krakow.
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Historical Miracle Mile Apartments Burn…
SOMETIMES, just sometimes, the stories you spend your days searching for unfold right in front of you. On these rare occasions the old photographer’s mantra of always carrying a camera pays off. I was driving home with my friend and colleague Nathanael Jones when we spotted a huge plume of black smoke a couple of […]
San Diego Wild Fires
THE ANCIENT CHINESE proverb of fighting fire with fire seemed alive and well in San Diego County during the devastating recent wild fires. I traveled around the county in Southern California to document the work of these brave men who have worked tirelessly since day one to save the lives and homes of others. The […]
Malibu Bushfires
LOS ANGELES is tonight ringed by a thick loop of smoke from the raging bush fires burning in Malibu. As I was driving home I saw the sun setting through the smoke over Beverly Hills so I raced up to the rooftop of the Grove parking lot to make some images of the apocalyptic scenes […]
Death Valley…
DRIVING through the night on route to Death Valley was an eerie experience. The alien landscape rolling by reminded me of another time I was driving through a desert at night. On that occasion the country was Iraq and we were traveling as part of a convey across a salt basin where some of the […]
Busy, busy, busy!
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I genuinely have been really busy. In the past week I’ve been to Disneyland, Mexico and Las Vegas – it’s all just never-ending. I’m really enjoying working over here now that I’m starting to settle in a bit more. I’m working with a great bunch […]