John

I stood on Miyajima’s shore at dawn watching the torii gate emerge from mist-covered shallows, its vermillion pillars planted firmly in wet sand. Six hours later, I returned to find the same structure floating impossibly above sapphire waters, waves lapping at bases that had vanished beneath the tide. This transformation happens twice daily at Itsukushima … Lire plus

I spent ten years photographing New York’s skyline from every possible angle – rooftops, ferries, observation decks that cost more than Broadway tickets. Then one October evening, walking the East River Greenway between the two great bridges, I found something that made every expensive vista feel incomplete. A 50-meter stretch where both the Manhattan and … Lire plus

I stepped off the weathered ferry at Kurikadduwan jetty and onto Nagadeepa, a 4.22 square kilometer island where something impossible happens every single day. Tamil Hindu families knelt beside Sinhalese Buddhist monks, lighting oil lamps in synchronized devotion at the Nagadeepa Rajamaha Viharaya. After documenting sacred sites across 150 countries, I’d never witnessed interfaith worship … Lire plus

I stood in Chiang Mai’s Tha Phae Gate square as darkness fell on November 5th, watching 10,000 khom loi rise simultaneously into the northern Thai sky. This wasn’t just another light show—this was Yi Peng, the only Buddhist lantern festival where ancient Lanna merit-making ceremonies transform an entire city into a celestial cathedral. While Burning … Lire plus

I spent fifteen years photographing Europe’s coastlines before a wrong turn on Corsica’s D81 changed everything. While thousands queue for €40 parking spots along Nice’s Promenade des Anglais, I discovered 300-meter pink granite towers rising from turquoise Mediterranean waters where parking costs €10 and crowds disappear after 4pm. The Calanques de Piana deliver what the … Lire plus