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My Book Is Out!
Delighted that my book, The Old Kasbah of Illigh; Photography by Annie Wright, has just been published by Maison de la Photographie de Marrakech & Cultural Heritage Publications. Located on…
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Inside the Broch of Gurness
Inside the Broch of Gurness is an elegantly curved staircase dating from somewhere between 500 BC and 100 AD. People lived here and fought off attacks on the remote island of Mainland (Orkney), where the known world mainly comprised Norway to the north and Scotland and England to the south. (more…)
Vital Details for Palmyra’s Reconstruction
Vital details for the reconstruction of Palmyra are contained in every photo taken before the ancient city’s destruction by ISIS in 2015. For that reason, I’ve contributed a number of photographs to a collection set up by France’s National Museum of Archeology. Very proud to play a small role in the restoration process. This collection is also part of Souvenirs Sites Éternels, an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. (more…)
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Ring of Brodgar, the Modern Version
Ring of Brodgar, the modern version. The real thing is about five minutes walk over to the right.
Location: Mainland, Orkney, Scotland (more…)
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Ancient Egyptian Emerging from the Shadows
Ancient Egyptian emerging from the shadows of Sehel, a Nubian island near Aswan. These boulders are engraved with countless inscriptions. Everywhere you turn there are new wonders to behold! (more…)
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Betty Corrigall’s Grave
Betty Corrigall’s grave is possibly the loneliest place in the world. As a young woman in the late 18th century, she was abandoned by her lover when he discovered she was pregnant.
Shunned by the local community and with no way out, Betty killed both herself and her unborn child. Their grave is located on wild and unconsecrated moorland on the Orcadian island of Hoy. (more…)
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The Dwarfie Stane
The Dwarfie Stane is 5,000 years old and located in a lonely valley on the island of Hoy in Orkney. The tiny entrance leads to an inner chamber, which contains a stone structure that looks like a bed. For me, it was a unexpectedly serene experience, and I wish I could have slept there.
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Francis Bacon’s Studio, Hugh Lane Gallery
Francis Bacon’s Studio, Hugh Lane Gallery. Bacon’s studio was first offered to the Tate in London which, for some inexplicable reason, turned it down. So it came to Dublin where…
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Errew Abbey, Lough Conn
Errew Abbey, Lough Conn, was founded in the 7th century by the Augustinians. Legend has it that a sacred relic from the Abbey lay at the bottom of Lough Conn for centuries before it floated to the surface.
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Ma’arra Mosaic Museum in Northern Syria’s Idlib Province
Ma’arra Mosaic Museum in Northern Syria’s Idlib Province was largely destroyed by Syrian army barrel bombs. Fortunately archeologists have risked their lives to try to protect this ancient heritage (more…)