Chris Pratt Photography
Despite China’s impressive focus on this principal national treasure, the giant panda’s existence is still precarious in the wild. Finally recognised as a bear in 1985, as the long running taxonomic debate was finally settled, the giant panda is still pretty much impossible to see in the wild – the pandas and the authorities conspiring […]
There’s lots to see and do (not just Titanic-related) in this city but, really, only one thing to drink – even if, strictly speaking, it’s from across the border. And Bittles Bar is supposedly one of the most iconic places to drink it, it’s certainly an iconic building and always busy, popular with locals and […]
Seven weeks old and in the studio already; he knows he’s the centre of attention. Getting in close shows off his cheekiness, he doesn’t exactly sit still but biscuits help.
Pushkar Fair, starting life as Pushkar Camel Fair in the nineteenth century, is now about much more than the trading of camels. On the ground this year camel folk gave estimates of between 10,000 and two million camels. I’m guessing towards the lower end, with The Times Of India suggesting 50,000. Anyway, I’ve never seen […]
Porto, there’s a lot of digging going on at the moment, something to do with adding another tram line – I’m guessing it’ll be better when they’ve finished. But the modernisation of the old town centre doesn’t seem to include the taking-away of these old phone boxes. In England they are mostly equipped with defibrillators […]
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, it’s Saturday and over 20 degrees, there are people in the sea. But down on the beach it’s not all donkey rides and ice cream, Scarborough has a surf scene (there are lessons) and it also has a burgeoning back-street art scene, just waiting to burst out – old closed shops being […]
Singapore for the day and it rained, all day. Non-stop. I didn’t buy t-shirts or heavily discounted electrical goods, I bought an umbrella. But the Botanic Gardens, established in 1859 on sixty acres of disused plantation – now in the heart of the city, was quieter than usual; something to do with the weather, tropical […]
For the home of reggae, the trendy late-night bars and clubs in Kingston Jamaica play an awful lot of Euro Pop – more Take A Chance On Me than No Woman No Cry. But here on Orange Street in the busy and frenetic (dare I say “edgy”) Down Town, specialist record stores sell mostly local […]
The great British seaside isn’t all sunshine and ice cream, especially in the off-est part of the off season. But a bit of light drizzle can be good for the persistent photographer. It flattens the colours and keeps the trippers away, or at least indoors. It’s a shame, however, that the little rowing boat ferry […]
The good thing about going often to the same place is that things are where you expect to find them; but aren’t always the same. The weather changes, people are there – or not. You get to know the good bars and where to find the best food, the best walks, the fewest people. From […]
