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Alessi, contemporary Italian design (6 new items)

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Karena (6 new items)

"I can get obsessed by anything if I look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer." — Irving Penn

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Raj (16 new items)

Visit Travel

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India is a country rich in fabulous history. Kings and kingdoms, mystics and followers, rebels and fighters, lovers and scandals have traversed the paths of its glorious past.Stories and legends bind her people and have shaped her culture and beliefs. In 1947 the territories of her princely states were politically integrated into the modern India we know today. Contemporary India represents a vibrant population consisting of thousands of ethnic groups, languages and regional dialects. Her people are shaped by regional history, geographic position and religious divides. What unequivocally binds them together is a love for family, music, food, art and an enthralling uninhibited use of colour. Colours sings under her extreme sunlight, blistering heat, torrential monsoon rains to create a vivid sensory experience like no other. "With colour one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft."Henri Matisse.

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Blessings (1 new item)

Varanasi is said to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. A site of pilgrimage for thousands of years. It is believed by Hindus that bathing in the river Ganges here results in the remission of sin and facilitates the attainment of salvation. Whether you believe this or not the Ganges guards her mystery perfectly. She left me spell-bound years ago. On her banks, sunrise and sunset are such remarkable 'happenings'. Those magical hours of golden filtered light have the ability to touch so deeply. The mysterious twilight saturated with the dying perfume of the garland, fuses perfectly with devotional chanting and the heavy sigh of water lapping against her banks. Probing into the enigma of this life’s incarnation. These moments are digestive. * To my dear friend Ravi Seth. May your light shine brightly.

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A wave like no other (1 new item)

Like many people I watched the 2004 Tsunami unfold on the TV. Destruction and immeasurable suffering was served up blow by blow with every news bulletin throughout the day. In hours, life for many had swerved off course in an irrevocable direction of horror. I arrived four weeks later in a coastal region of Tamil Nadu, the area of south India hardest hit by the tsunami. It seemed absurd that just weeks earlier this had been a paradise destination, such was the extent of the damage. My first impression was a total lack of any sensation, a sort of blank space in my thoughts, as I tried to assimilate the unbelievable scale of the devastation. I had hired a small motorbike so I was able to go off road and explore the endless ruined coastline. The ‘wipeout’ extended to every horizon and went on for hours. I rode around in disbelief. The clear blue winter sky seemed to spread such profound sadness above the crushed landscape. I will never forget the quiet dignity, courage and kindness of all those displaced fishing people as they collected their lifetime belongings, often in a single plastic bag. I revisited this fishing community every three months for over a year and watched them rebuild their lives. Every story was truly inspiring and left a lasting impression of hope and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit. * I would sincerely like to thank the late Gerard Arnhold and my friends for their generosity.

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Docks (19 new items)

Whenever possible I try and visit fishing docks all over the world.I’m captivated by their natural rhythm. A sort of coalition between the sea, commerce, technology, chance and unrelenting human graft. The beauty of a working harbour is easily overlooked. Synchronised to perfection a working dock is like a pair of lungs inhaling and then exhaling over and over again. In the early hours of the morning the docks becomes a hive of activity. Swarms of workers hustle around the boats as they discharge their cargo.In seconds the catch of the day changes hands and direction like a fraught shoal of bait -fish. The choking odour of the dying sea is matched by the volume of hollering vendors and throbbing foghorns. Broadcasts from the tannoy system are twisted and reshaped by the atmospheric conditions and muffled by the vast buffer of human bodies. The essence of trade remains the same.The sale of perishable fish on a day to day basis. It’s an unforgettable experience. From the tea vendor to the skipper, every face tells a story of defiance, courage and relentless hard work.