01 · landscape
Before the Valley Woke
Italy · Dolomites
First light on the Dolomite towers while fog fills the valley below. The warm rock and cool cloud meet for only a few minutes each morning.
Journal
One note for every frame in the archive, in the order they sit on the sphere. The place it depicts, the light it was built around, and what the scene shows.
02 · landscape
A Mirror Two Inches Deep
Bolivia · Salar de Uyuni
A thin sheet of rain water turns the Uyuni salt flat into a mirror, so the sky appears twice and the horizon almost disappears.
03 · landscape
One Line, Drawn by Wind
Namibia · Sossusvlei
A single dune ridge divides sunlit sand from deep shadow, with wind-drawn ripples running the length of the slope.
04 · landscape
The Fjord Held Its Breath
Norway · Lofoten
A windless morning in Lofoten leaves the fjord flat, doubling the peaks and the red harbour cabins in the water.
05 · wildlife
Grey on Grey
Kenya · Amboseli
An elephant crosses the dry lake bed at Amboseli, throwing dust over its back with Kilimanjaro hazy behind it.
06 · landscape
Where the Land Ends
Iceland · Reynisfjara
Black sand, white surf and basalt sea stacks at Reynisfjara, softened by a long exposure and low grey light.
07 · landscape
Eleven Minutes of Pink
Chile · Torres del Paine
The granite towers of Torres del Paine glow pink and orange at sunrise while the lake below is still in blue shadow.
08 · wildlife
Borrowed Warmth
Japan · Hokkaido
A red fox sleeps curled on fresh snow in Hokkaido, tail over its nose, in the last low sun of the day.
09 · landscape
Terraces After Rain
Vietnam · Mù Cang Chải
Flooded rice terraces reflect a clearing sky after a storm, with a lone figure on the top edge and mist on the far hills.
10 · landscape
The Straight Road
United States · Utah
A dead-straight highway runs to a heat-hazed horizon under the red mesas of Utah, seen low from the centre line.
11 · wildlife
Cliff Edge Tenant
Faroe Islands · Mykines
A puffin holds a beak full of sand eels on the last strip of grass above a steep drop to the Faroese sea.
12 · landscape
The Monsoon Arrives
India · Western Ghats
A wall of monsoon rain sweeps across the green Western Ghats while the last patches of sun still light the slopes.
13 · wildlife
The Stag Looks Back
Scotland · Glen Etive
A red deer stag stands on a moorland skyline in rain, looking straight down the lens with dark mountains behind.
14 · landscape
Still Warm Underneath
Iceland · Fagradalsfjall
A fresh lava field in Iceland, black and cracked, with thin steam rising from the seams where the rock is still warm.
15 · landscape
Mud, Light and Snow
Morocco · High Atlas
An earth-walled Atlas village the same colour as its hillside, with the first snow of the year on the ridge above.
16 · wildlife
Low Tide Patience
Philippines · Palawan
An egret stands motionless among mangrove roots at low tide, waiting over one square of still water.
17 · landscape
Boats Before the Fog Lifted
Vietnam · Hạ Long Bay
Limestone towers fade into layers of fog while a line of fishing boats moves out between them at dawn.
18 · wildlife
Weathered In
Norway · Dovrefjell
A musk ox stands in a ground blizzard on the Dovrefjell plateau, its coat frozen into ropes and the background lost to white.
19 · landscape
Twelve Thousand Stars
Jordan · Wadi Rum
A moonless night over Wadi Rum, with the Milky Way arching above dark sandstone that still holds a trace of the day's warmth.
20 · landscape
The Light Came Down
United States · Antelope Canyon
A shaft of midday sun reaches the floor of a slot canyon, and dust in the air makes the beam look solid.
21 · landscape
A Small Figure on the Ridge
Nepal · Annapurna
A tiny hiker stands on a high ridge at dawn with snow peaks turning gold behind and cloud filling the valleys below.