Travel & Humanitarian Photos
Winner of the TPOTY Journey Three book, April’s desktop wallpaper and news of new partnerships.
February’s free desktop wallpaper comes from Hoi An, Vietnam
Free desktop and iPhone wallpaper from England’s Lake District.
So, I’m walking along the road, minding my own business – which makes a change – and my foot kicks something lying on the pavement. I catch sight of a metal object skittering along the ground in front of me. Brass perhaps. Dented and scuffed, it comes to rest in the gutter. A lantern. A [...]
Gracious, I’ve been away from the blog for too long. I’ve been busy. That’s my excuse. You believe me, right? Anyway, apologies for the hiatus. I was thinking of you. Honest! Firstly, your free desktop wallpaper for April comes from the island of Koh Samet in Thailand. It was shot at dawn from a small [...]
Your free desktop wallpaper for March comes from a blue-skied Castlegregory in Ireland. This old fishing boat was quite a long way from the sea, goodness knows how it arrived at this bucolic location. More puzzling though, given it’s decrepit state, why did the prow look freshly-painted. Faeries, I shouldn’t wonder. Downloads for various screen [...]
The free desktop wallpaper for February shows Pha That Luang, one of Laos’ most iconic landmarks. This shot was taken first thing in the morning and you can see how the early-morning sun is illuminating the golden stupa, making it look almost like a butter sculpture. Having been destroyed and re-built several times, the stupa [...]
The first free desktop wallpaper of the year shows the often overlooked Humayun’s Tomb in Nizamuddin, Delhi, India. Humayun’s Tomb has similar Mughal stylings to the Taj Mahal although its construction was completed over sixty years before Shah Jahan began to sketch out plans for his monument to enduring love. If you ever visit Delhi [...]
The free desktop wallpaper for December comes from Coney Island in New York. Coney Island’s amusement parks retain a kind of shabby charm that really appeals to me. Out of season, with snow on the ground, it has an other-worldy feel and walking along the silent promenade makes you feel like you could be an [...]
The free desktop wallpaper for November comes from a lobdra – or school for novice monks – located just outside the town of Jakar in Eastern Bhutan. Wandichholing Dzong was built as a palace and was the main residence of the first King of Bhutan. It is still owned by the royal family but is [...]
The free desktop wallpaper for October is a shot I took at the very charming Baan Lotus Guest House in Ayutthaya. As the name suggests, the guest house is situated next to a large pond and the lotus flowers open early in the morning, slowly closing until they have all but disappeared by lunch-time. I’ve [...]
My free desktop wallpaper for September shows the Bahá’í Lotus temple in New Delhi, India. The temple is one of the most impressive structures I’ve ever seen and no trip to New Delhi would be complete without paying it a visit. It’s constructed from 27 free-standing marble “petals” and has an interior that really makes [...]
The free desktop wallpaper for August is one of a series that I’ve been taking near my home in Bangkok. The red wall provides a great backdrop against which to isolate subjects who drive, cycle or walk past. Stand on the corner opposite the red wall for more than a few minutes and it becomes [...]
My free desktop wallpaper for July shows a small selection of some of the pictures taken in Bangkok over the last couple of weeks. It’s dedicated to florists everywhere.