Photo Gallery

Wind howls over the ridgeline on the final stretch to the summit of Mt Errigal, highest peak in Donegal. Ireland 2008 © Colin O'Connor 2008 Shifting the trajectory—the scoured hollows and burnt-brown bogs of Donegal look like the ends of the earth. Ireland 2008 Sharing the companionship of a twig fire. (L to R) Raad Abou M’aitik, Mbarak, me, Jason George. Jordan 2007 © Jason George, 2007 Riding into Khazali Canyon in search of a suitable camp. Jordan 2007 © Jason George, 2007 Listening to The Church in the lonely desert wastes —their work forms the soundtrack of all my journeys. Jordan 2007
Fighting the Ekwi’s icy surge. Frequent river crossings were just one of the Canol expedition’s challenges. Northwest Territories, Canada. © Colin O’Connor, 2006 The Soča River winds through the Julian Alps. Its blue is so translucent you’d swear it was faked. Slovenia, 2005 The paving stones of Dubrovnik, worn smooth by the passage of centuries of feet. Croatia, 2005 Sharing a bowl of yak meat with a nomad in his family’s ger, near Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur. Mongolia, 2002 Riding through the steppes on a horse with no name. Mongolia, 2002.
Nice ass, baybee! The livestock market in Kashgar is an unbroken tradition dating back to Silk Road times. Xinjiang, China 2002 A meeting of tribal hats in Kashgar. Xinjiang, China 2002 After emerging from the “worst desert in the world,” the Taklamakan. We had made a camel expedition into the sandy wastes in midsummer—a little like tugging Death by the goatee. (L to R) Ali, Abdul Rahim, me, Tusun. Xinjiang, China 2002 High-altitude dreams—view of the Potala from the roof of Jokhang Temple. Lhasa, Tibet 2002 Fifty miles from Hanoi—cruising around the highlands in a Chairman Mao cap. Vietnam, 2002
A quiet dinner at an onsen (hot spring). Nikko, Japan 2001 Morning practice at the Takasago-beya. Ryogoku, Tokyo, Japan 2002 The Embera Indian village of El Coco, deep in Panama’s Darièn Gap. At the time I went there, the children had never encountered white people. Darièn, Panama 2000 Hiking through primary jungle with Ricardo, Chung, and Germán Sr. Darièn, Panama 2000 In the Embera village of El Coco, a woman paints me with jagua. The dye soaks into the skin and remains for about a month. Darièn, Panama 2000

Photo credit © Jason George Photo credit © Colin O’Connor