Perhaps I am a sucker for photographs but only if they display pathos, skill, unalloyed beauty or a social message. All of these photos meet one of the criteria. Hence, I must admit mea culpa.
Main picture: Amsterdam at night
Captivating photographs
Category Archives: Photo Galleries
Animal Bridges
Generically these are known as Animals Crossings as any fabricated structure, which facilitates the movements of animals across an impeding obstacle such as roads, or railway line could serve as a crossing.
However, as the most spectacular crossings are bridges, the focus will be on bridges.
Main picture: A Green Wildlife Bridge over an Autobahn in Germany
Angry Seas
Imagine being caught in turbulent seas like this. Their scythe like waves are intent on annihilating all in its path. Yet somehow the ships both large and small, survive them. I guess that I was not born to be a seaman.
Fake News on Pearl Harbour
Some years ago I first received an email claiming that these stunning photographs were only found in a Brownie Box Camera recently. The photos are real but the astonishing claims made were a figment of somebody’s imagination.
Seriously Weird Houses
Some people are different especially when they do not want contact with other people. In that case, they will go to extreme lengths to obtain seclusion. Others want their house to be unique. Whatever their reasons, all of these houses reflect the iconoclastic nature of these individuals.
Main picture: Did the finance bank factor in an elevated rate of melting based upon the latest outlook of global warming?
Old Photographs with a Financial Connotation
Most of one’s “small talk” revolves around financial considerations, not of a global or national kind, but rather those of the most mundane issues such as the cost of bread or the price of petrol. As most of these photographs relate to America, the dollar amounts have been converted into Rands.
Main picture: If they think I’ll pay 30 cents for a haircut, forget it.
The Largest Parade of Ships in the World
Every five years the parade of ships ‘Sail Amsterdam’ takes place. In August thousands of vessels, from small sailboats to large replicas of caravels, arrive together at the IJ bay north of the city and then pass to the capital of the Netherlands. In 2015 involving 8,000 vessels!
Really rare old photographs
In any selection of old photographs, there will be some that I have seen many times. In this collection, all were unique.
Main picture: World economic crisis, 1929
Thought Provoking Historical Photographs
History is comprised of a myriad of moments lost in the mists of time. These photographs bring back to life a mere handful of those moments in time. Each, in its own way, casts a sharp light on the life and times of a bygone era.
Become entranced in how the world behaved, loved and lived in the past.
Main picture: Carrying a Rolls Royce across a river in Nepal in 1950
Signs in Australia
Each country has its own unique sense of humour and signs. Even without being informed to which country they belong, it is usually quite obvious which country it is. Being Australia, they will always relate to animals, drinking and females. These will not disappoint in any of these categories.