• Saint-Exupery Airport TGV Station, Lyon, France

    Satolas

    A year in photos. With this post, I am relaunching my site after about a year away. In that time, there were many developments, many destinations and many photos. This shot comes from the incredible, bird-shaped Satolas TGV station at the Lyon Saint Exupery Airport, in Lyon, France. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, this building is the nexus between land and sky, plane, car and train. Going forward, there will be much more. A year away from blogging, and a growing archive of stories and pictures, leads me to a year of posting. I’ve come full circle. And with it, day one of 365. A year in photos.

    April 1, 2013

  • Red Light, Dark Sky

    After working in the east African country of Malawi for two weeks, an unexpected 30 hours in The Netherlands was a world of nearly polar opposites. A walk around Amsterdam, a train to Maastricht, carnival celebrations and snow. This was taken in Utrecht, in the all-too-brief minutes between changing trains, bound for Schiphol on a Sunday afternoon.

    March 2, 2012

  • The Newest Bridge

    On the eastern side of Paris, near the Gare de Austerlitz, is Paris’ newest bridge. Named the Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, in honour of the French existentialist author, philosopher and theorist, the award-winning 190m bridge spans the Seine at the site of the new national library.

    January 31, 2012

  • Night Trains

    For my first blog post of 2012, a return to familiar and loved subjects: train stations, train travel, Paris and, more broadly, Europe. I’ve returned to Paris after a 6 year absence from the city, and although I now have digital photo gear, I’m resisting temptation to reshoot old favourites. Well, mostly resisting.

    January 16, 2012

  • Remembering George

    On a cloudy February day in Paris almost 12 years ago, I walked into the cramped store on the Left Bank and was awed. It was a scene of wall to wall books. Floor to ceiling, piled on tables and shelves, stacked on the floor, spilling out onto the sidewalk, where tattered and used titles were in a box marked ’15f’ (about $3). I had never seen anything like it. Or smelled anything like it. It was a pure, unadulterated literary paradise.

    December 14, 2011

  • Windows and Stairs

    Seen looking east from the High Line Park, somewhere near 18th Street.

    September 6, 2011

  • Savage Lineup

    The lineup started outside. Way outside. One line came from the north, snaking around the fountain and up Fifth Avenue. The other wound south. But they converged at the top of the steps and reformed inside the Museum of Metropolitan Art, winding through the galleries and balconies of the second floor. This photo was taken near the “2 Hours From This Point” sign.

    August 22, 2011

  • High Line

    Set on a 1.6km section of elevated subway track converted to a greenway, the High Line Park is one of my favourite things in New York. With great views, of both the city and in the nearby galleries of Chelsea, the setting is a great collection of juxtapositions that seems to define the entire town.

    August 17, 2011

  • Terminal 1

    From seat 18A, en route to Paris’ CDG Terminal 2.

    August 1, 2011

  • 50Z

    Looking eastbound toward Monaco from the Nice station, tracks converge before a bridge and tunnel out of the city centre.

    July 25, 2011

  • Cracked Railing

    The railing from my hotel room, looking onto the courtyard.

    July 23, 2011

  • Leaving Holland

    Climbing southward out of Amsterdam, bound for Paris. The forests and farms of The Netherlands about to disappear below the clouds.

    July 21, 2011

  • Contrast

    Stone, sky and vapour. Midday on the streets of Cannes.

    July 19, 2011

  • Empty Seats

    The empty gate area at A66, about 9:30pm.

    July 17, 2011

  • Tram at A66

    Walking just the distance of a few gates in Detroit’s McNamara Terminal, our global connectivity laid bare. Cleveland, Seoul, Amsterdam, Sault Sainte Marie. A few steps but a window to the world. It never stops seeming cool to me. And as a global health practitioner, in the coolness are challenges.

    July 14, 2011

  • Midi Plage

    From my first walk along the water after arriving in Cannes for Lions 2011.

    July 10, 2011

  • Westbound in Monaco

    On the road. In Europe. It’s great to be back abroad again. I’m working, but it’s still so nice. This is a reprise of photo shot years ago on black and white film.

    July 7, 2011

  • Terminal at Noon

    From the chaos of weather and delayed flights, a surprise trip to Paris. And necessary, if I was to arrive in Nice today. Thousands of people streaming in from almost 100 countries has made space in Cannes a hot commodity. So when my flight from JFK was delayed and I missed my connection to Nice, I went from Amsterdam to Paris for yet another leg onward. 26 hours of travel and 5 airports later, the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity begins tomorrow and it looks to be great.

    June 18, 2011

  • Passing By

    Taken on my amazing Mediterranean trip in 2004, I’ve reprocessed this one to have more contrast and detail from inside the train. I’ve missed the photography of European trains and stations, but hopefully that drought will soon end.

    May 16, 2011

  • Broadway and 34th

    After midnight, on the route between Brooklyn and and Penn Station.

    May 8, 2011