Haider Ali Ph.D.

Mr. McCarthy was known for his furious temper and everyone was terrified of him. It did my reputation no harm at all to sit in the front row and take pictures with the AE1 and its loud shutter.

Our school only allowed tennis balls to be used as footballs.

This was taken with my first SLR camera, the Canon AE-1.

Paul was assassinated in Russia in 2004. There is a wikipedia page about him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klebnikov

Econ B in the New Theatre (East Building). Since replaced by the Central Buildings.

From Wikipedia: Michio Morishima (森嶋 通夫, Morishima Michio, July 18, 1923 – July 13, 2004) was a Japanese heterodox economist and public intellectual who was the Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics from 1970 to 1988. He was also professor at Osaka University and member of the British Academy. In 1976 he won the Order of Culture (文化勲章, Bunka-kunshō).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Morishima

My cousin who seems to share various similarities with Chairman Mao.

Naqsh-e-Jahan Square

This is me with the trusty Berghaus rucksack, which gave excellent service for 20 years. It is said that after Nadir Shah had looted treasures from the Mughals of Delhi he brought them to this building, Qaṣr-e Ḵoršid in north eastern Iran, in the town called Kalat-e-Naderi.

The Gumbaz at Srirangapattana is a Muslim mausoleum at the centre of a landscaped garden, holding the graves of Tippu Sultan (Western Side), his father Hyder Ali (Middle) and his mother Fakhr-Un-Nisa (Eastern Side). It was built by Tippu Sultan to house the graves of his parents. The British allowed Tippu to be buried here after his martyrdom in the Siege of Srirangapatna in 1799. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumbaz,_Srirangapatna

View from the Regent Hotel. Taken with a Nokia phone

Naqsh-e-Rostam

with the mainland Chinese tourists.

Abbas and Maryam with two design favourites of mine. The Maclaren buggy was fairly cheap, under US$100, but was used by both kids and travelled around the world (a few times).

The second design favourite of mine is the building they are in, the HSBC HQ in Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. It's a Norman Foster design and provides a sense of occasion that few other utilitarian buildings do.

Bukit Timah nature reserve. Walking around on a bright day with a camera flash can look a bit weird. But it can pay off, as it filled in the natural light quite well here. ISO 800, f4.5, 1/400.

Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan

Great pyramid at Giza. Sometimes you need to become familiar with the camel dung to get the right image. The lens was set at 20mm to get everything in.

National Archaeological Museum

Many modern airports have ceilings that make them look like the interiors of warehouse style hardware stores. Check Lap Kok doesn't and I think in part it is due to its ceiling.

Audience participation

with 16th century Italian armour

Experienced real darkness.

Spirit way statues.

The words from T.S. Eliot’s poem East Coker come to mind when I look at this photo. “Still and still moving”. The water is still, but the trees are moving. Slow exposure to get that effect. ISO 100, f22, 2.5 seconds

78mm ISO 3200, f32, 1/500s

If I remember correctly the challenge here was that the balloon was moving and I was using a zoom lens. So a short exposure was necessary. At the same time the light was quite delicate hene the f32 which was compensated for by the ISO 3200.

Bronze head and claw of lion, 1st century BC - 1st century AD, Najran

Tareq Rajeb Museum

Kuwait, 2017

Kuwait, 2017

ISO 4000, f14, 1/100

Borehamwood, 2018

St. Mary’s, Finchley, London, 2018

Somewhere above the Caucasus (2019)

Liverpool, Riverside, 2019

Seven years ago, I told Maryam that the several months of effort involved in gaining admission here would be worth the years she would spend in a small, cosy school that tops the league tables.

ISO 2500, f4, 1/40s

This is the third Norman Foster building in this collection. The first two were the HSBC building in Hong Kong and the airport in that territory. Sometime I should get back to Cranfield and take a picture of the library there. It was the first Foster building I encountered, in 1991.

Grand Mosque Mecca, January 2023

Waiting for history to be made and fill the space

On the road between Muscat and the fort at Nizwa

Fisherman repairing his nets.

ISO 3200, 100mm, f6.3, 1/100.

She had an interesting face and I asked if I could take a picture. I did not need to buy anything she was selling, so I paid her for the photo.

The Tam Quan Gate - Ba Mu Temple. ISO 100, f22, 13s

sư vạn hạnh

Al-Rifa'i Mosque. ISO 20000, f22, 1/15s

Luxor Temple and the avenue of Sphinxes.

ISO 800, 200mm, f22, 1/400

Masjid al-Haram. Apple iPhone 15, ISO 80, 26mm, f1.6, 1/60s.