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I made this image while driving through Death Valley, one of the most desolate places on Earth. I had to work quickly to avoid spending too long in the 115-degree heat, but I couldn’t resist pulling over to capture the lonely symmetry of the scene: the dark hues of the hills on the left match those of the asphalt, while the pale, dusty flats to the right echo the lighter road shoulder. The two halves mirror each other across the thin white line that vanishes into the desert.
In this photograph, a crow flies by the top of the Independence Arch, located in Black Star Square, in Accra, Ghana. The triumphal postcolonial monument isn’t particularly subtle in its imagery, but focusing on a smaller detail enabled me to create a stark minimalist landscape for the bird to traverse.
Here, an employee at a döner restaurant in Istanbul wipes the sweat from his brow. I was drawn to the juxtaposition between his quiet moment of rest and the frenetic energy of the street scene reflected in the windows all around him.
A street performer dressed as a “bin chicken” entertains a crowd in Sydney. The Australian White Ibis, as it’s officially known, seemed exotic to me as an outsider - in fact, the Ancient Egyptians considered ibises to be sacred. But in the Australian cities where they are now omnipresent they’re a simple nuisance.