Backtrack / An Imagery Project


World Champ
November 14, 2009, 2:26 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

Georgina won her age group at the Ironman 70.3 World Champs in Florida today, so all Susie and I could think to do was pop a bottle of bubbly in her honor!  Someone’s gotta do it…



Cruising the Coast
September 21, 2009, 1:40 pm
Filed under: detail, england, landscape

Beautiful first completion of the Great North Run yesterday, and an evening cruise along the coast today on the road bike to spin the legs out. This one’s for you Kevin and Spring, my blogging heroes (among other things)!



The winter wind
December 26, 2008, 7:53 pm
Filed under: arizona, detail

 

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there is no better place to spend the holidays than home.



Big Island
April 1, 2008, 2:19 pm
Filed under: archaeology, architecture, archive, hawaii, landscape
 
Ku
monumental architecture field school coming up this summer (June 2nd – 20th).
 
 


back to the past
November 27, 2007, 9:26 am
Filed under: archaeology, archive, easter island, landscape

posting a series of moai images from rapa nui (easter island), recently dusted off for an a po fundraiser.

Slopes of Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)



November 27, 2007, 9:20 am
Filed under: archaeology, archive, easter island

Moai at Tahai, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)



seaside
May 17, 2007, 7:20 pm
Filed under: architecture, archive, england

Spanish City



‘awa
May 16, 2007, 11:15 am
Filed under: detail, hawaii

the plant. over 15 varieties once cultivated in hawai‘i, for consumption when the root is pounded and mixed with water. elsewhere in the pacific the same mixture is called kava. in other circles, the plant is known by its scientific name – Piper methysticum.

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just another moment
May 15, 2007, 7:52 pm
Filed under: hawaii, movement

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color
May 14, 2007, 8:44 pm
Filed under: detail, hawaii

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the west side
May 13, 2007, 9:57 am
Filed under: archive, detail, hawaii, movement

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maunawili
May 12, 2007, 2:17 pm
Filed under: archive, hawaii, hike, landscape

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the east end
May 11, 2007, 3:33 pm
Filed under: archaeology, architecture, archive, hawaii

the front facade of the halawa congregational chruch, at the far east end of moloka‘i. built in 1852, it was pounded by a massive tsunami in 1946 that destroyed the entire community, leaving the valley abandoned.

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lines in the sand
May 10, 2007, 6:14 pm
Filed under: archive, england, movement

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topping out in the ko‘olau
May 9, 2007, 10:02 am
Filed under: hawaii, hike, landscape

looking out from the end of the kuli‘ou‘ou trail, viewing from rabbit island to koko crater.

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new low light
May 8, 2007, 12:16 pm
Filed under: architecture, archive, england

back to northeast england. the old low light’s (see previous entry) role was appropriated by this building. sitting above the north shields fish quay, it looks out to sea and houses a local family.

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mauka / makai (2)
May 7, 2007, 11:41 am
Filed under: hawaii, landscape

makai – ocean.

until i score a waterproof housing, this is about as far out as my camera is going to make it. the wave action is decidedly lacking, but the little harbor out at kahalu’u thrills in other ways.

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