More Pictues of Adrenalin Junkies at Play

By Dean McCleland in Other Galleries 0 Comment

Imagine being rock climber Alex Honnold as he sits on a ledge on the Northwest Face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. He literally has the space to himself with  nobody else there to interrupt him as he espies the world. Perhaps his pulse will be racing so fast from the adrenalin rush that he will be on his own induced high. No need for my a stiff drink. In fact the opposite is  true. On needs a clear head to focus on the ever-present danger that lurks for entrap the unwary adventure seeker

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Desolate and abandoned Iceland

By Dean McCleland in Landscapes, Opinion Pieces 0 Comment

Unlike the Iceland of the picture cards this is vastly different but still with its sublime almost eerie beauty.

Even in its desolation its abandoned houses and equipment seductively display their rusting and decaying bellies as if they were still of some use to mankind. While gloomy skies and dank foreboding surroundings cast a pall of dispair over the sombre visage, these solitary sentinals stand guard over a deserted island.

The main picture above is a US Navy DC3 that ran out of fuel and landed safely on the south coast of Iceland.
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A Society on the cusp of modernity: 1960’s Afghanistan

By Dean McCleland in Historical 0 Comment

These photos belie what the future Afghanistan actually spawned.  The tapestry of peaceful hues contrasts starkly with the current picture of religious intolerance, military intrigues and offensives and corruption.

Maybe Afghanistan was not the idyll but certainly in the 1960’s many bohemian Westerners hitch hiked through Afghanistan on the itinerary to an ephemeral Shangri-La. Continue reading