More than a week after visiting West Norwood Cemetery in south London, the backs of my legs are still scratched from the brambles that clamber over the graves. Nature’s barbed […]
More than a week after visiting West Norwood Cemetery in south London, the backs of my legs are still scratched from the brambles that clamber over the graves. Nature’s barbed […]
Like a real UFO, this domed ceiling flew into sight, then vanished without a trace. By that, I mean to say that I photographed it one day and for months […]
Today is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and, as luck would have it, I have a stash of photos of my favourite María in Recoleta Cemetery that are perfect […]
Repeats are standard fare for summer TV in England, so I thought I’d follow suit and post a few of my photographs that you may have seen before. You should […]
Angels and saints were high on my agenda last weekend, as I literally winged my way to England for a five-week visit. Around my neck, a silver Saint Christopher, and […]
It is the first year I have seen and felt Recoleta Cemetery in the heart of winter, as I often escape to England around this time. I still can’t quite […]
Last week I turned 43. Included in my birthday line-up, before lunch with friends at the Evita Museum, was a trip to Recoleta Cemetery. It is, after all, one of […]
The overwhelming late-morning sun deceives: day appears as night, colour masquerades as black and white, and the sky turns to rippling water. Even the cross is behind, not in front […]
Even I think it looks as if there’s been some hocus-pocusing to get this montage effect, but no. The building, the cross and the lifelike stained-glass boy converged in a […]
For a while now, I’ve been wondering how the people who commissioned the tombs of Recoleta Cemetery came to choose their windows, roofs and doors. I mean, how did it […]
I was born in Montreal in 1967, grew up in England and live between London and Buenos Aires. Like many, I came to Buenos Aires to dance tango and fell under the spell of this city where strangers talk to you, tango music seeps on to the streets and the ornate crumbling buildings speak of grander times. I love writing and crafting words – I've worked as a sub-editor for more than 20 years – and taking photographs.