• 1 month ago
    The next meanderings on fire started a few weeks ago but one of the problems in sequencing a series in Tumblr is the final picture in a set becomes the first picture seen! Here we go….This picture was for the UK poster of the Nick Roeg film Insignificance. I was about a the conjecture of a meeting between Marylin Munroe & Albert Einstein after an autographed photograph of Einstein was found amongst Marilyn’s possessions upon her death. The strap line on the poster “The Biggest Bang in History” successfully got it banned. Taking the picture involved a lot of petroleum jelly on fire. Health and safety would have had a field day as the shoot was done in the designers studio directly above Foyles bookshop! View high resolution

    The next meanderings on fire started a few weeks ago but one of the problems in sequencing a series in Tumblr is the final picture in a set becomes the first picture seen!

    Here we go….This picture was for the UK poster of the Nick Roeg film Insignificance.

    I was about a the conjecture of a meeting between Marylin Munroe & Albert Einstein after an autographed photograph of Einstein was found amongst Marilyn’s possessions upon her death.

    The strap line on the poster “The Biggest Bang in History” successfully got it banned.

    Taking the picture involved a lot of petroleum jelly on fire. Health and safety would have had a field day as the shoot was done in the designers studio directly above Foyles bookshop!

  • 1 month ago
    Montserrat’s capital city of Plymouth was destroyed and two-thirds of the island’s population was forced to flee because of an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995. I arrived 18 months later, after it had calmed, with the writer Russell Miller to document the survivors living under a constant threat. We were interviewing the Governor, Frank Savage, in his office about dealing with the radical disruption of island life… when the floor started to shake and a loud thunderous rumbling had us all on our feet and rushing to the window. The volcano had returned View high resolution

    Montserrat’s capital city of Plymouth was destroyed and two-thirds of the island’s population was forced to flee because of an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995.

    I arrived 18 months later, after it had calmed, with the writer Russell Miller to document the survivors living under a constant threat. We were interviewing the Governor, Frank Savage, in his office about dealing with the radical disruption of island life… when the floor started to shake and a loud thunderous rumbling had us all on our feet and rushing to the window.

    The volcano had returned

  • 1 month ago
    The pyroclastic flow, a superheated cloud of gas, ash and pulverised rock with a temperature of up to 800 degrees C rushes down the the mountainside at 200km per hour. The whole of Plymouth was destroyed and the area became a designated danger zone. The heat from the volcano created a micro thunderstorm with forked lightning and raining ash. View high resolution

    The pyroclastic flow, a superheated cloud of gas, ash and pulverised rock with a temperature of up to 800 degrees C rushes down the the mountainside at 200km per hour. The whole of Plymouth was destroyed and the area became a designated danger zone.

    The heat from the volcano created a micro thunderstorm with forked lightning and raining ash.

  • 1 month ago
    We found more than 800 people living in makeshift shelters and living on emergency aid. Catholic priest Father Larry set up an altar in the basement of a tiny church in the village of Salem which has been home to 50 people for 18months. “These are very inspirational people who look upon it as a test but all they really want to do is go home.” View high resolution

    We found more than 800 people living in makeshift shelters and living on emergency aid. Catholic priest Father Larry set up an altar in the basement of a tiny church in the village of Salem which has been home to 50 people for 18months.

    “These are very inspirational people who look upon it as a test but all they really want to do is go home.”

  • 1 month ago
    By August 1997, the steam had given way to massive eruptions of magma, and Plymouth became buried by pyroclastic flows of red-hot ash, gas and rock, turning it into a modern-day Pompeii. Though the town had been evacuated, 19 people were killed by a single pyroclastic flow on surrounding farmlands. View high resolution

    By August 1997, the steam had given way to massive eruptions of magma, and Plymouth became buried by pyroclastic flows of red-hot ash, gas and rock, turning it into a modern-day Pompeii. Though the town had been evacuated, 19 people were killed by a single pyroclastic flow on surrounding farmlands.

  • 1 month ago
    Vulcanologist from the observatory taking sample of hot ash after a pyroclastic flow. We had arrived by helicopter after a terrifying flight to inspect the active volcano. We wait, engines running while the scientists in heatproof suits rush across the hot ground gather rocks and ash for later inspection. View high resolution

    Vulcanologist from the observatory taking sample of hot ash after a pyroclastic flow.

    We had arrived by helicopter after a terrifying flight to inspect the active volcano.

    We wait, engines running while the scientists in heatproof suits rush across the hot ground gather rocks and ash for later inspection.

  • 1 month ago
    Montserrat was, before the eruption, “the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean”, an upmarket getaway for celebrities and pop stars. In the 1980s, the former Beatles producer’s Air Studios on the island brought some of the world’s biggest stars, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, The Police, among others. The studios are now blanketed in ash and abandoned View high resolution

    Montserrat was, before the eruption, “the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean”, an upmarket getaway for celebrities and pop stars. In the 1980s, the former Beatles producer’s Air Studios on the island brought some of the world’s biggest stars, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, The Police, among others. The studios are now blanketed in ash and abandoned

  • 1 month ago
    Before the eruption of 1995, over 12,000 people lived on the island but now it’s less than 5000 with 2/3 of the island covered in ash,  View high resolution

    Before the eruption of 1995, over 12,000 people lived on the island but now it’s less than 5000 with 2/3 of the island covered in ash, 

  • 1 month ago
    It was an eery feeling standing in the deserted centre of Plymouth with the clock stopped at 2.10 and an empty BT telephone box bathed in the warm glow of an evening sun. View high resolution

    It was an eery feeling standing in the deserted centre of Plymouth with the clock stopped at 2.10 and an empty BT telephone box bathed in the warm glow of an evening sun.

  • 1 month ago
    Driving through the ash storm was nearly impossible, visibility poor and the build up of ash destroying the cars wipers. I was glad it was a hire car! View high resolution

    Driving through the ash storm was nearly impossible, visibility poor and the build up of ash destroying the cars wipers. I was glad it was a hire car!

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