World Image issue 11 October 2014

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When I started writing this article for the magazine I never thought that in a year that commemorates 100 years since the outbreak of <strong>World</strong> War 1 we are in a world that could easily be thrown in to that same scenario again. A Personal Ramble Phillip Tureck In the last few months since I wrote my last article I have travelled from Lima to Miami through parts of South America and then in a short separate trip to Moscow – hence my opening line for the article. The world is a precarious place, but for anyone with any kind of photographic device the world is out there to take images. Whether you are visiting places such as Macho Pichu or the Panama Canal, Red Square, conservation wildlife trusts, or even in your back garden and local area. The world is waiting to be captured in your images. I have made no secret that I quite like wolves, not quite sure how and when this started but I do have a passion for them, having seen them in conservation or in the wild in Yellowstone or fleetingly a back of a wolf in The Great Bear Rain Forest. Reading a book about the last wild wolves took me all the way to the forest last year. In between work and travel I have tried to improve my alleged photographic skills, and I have attached some images to the article but find myself being drawn more and more to conservation <strong>issue</strong>s and in particular spending more time at the Cat Survival Trust. It is because of the trust that I came into contact with Gordon and found we share a mutual interest and passion for not just the wildlife but to give the magazine a wider audience. Social media is changing the way we view life but for myself this is a place where forums such as Wildlife Conservation and the pressures around the world come to the fore from a variety of people from around the globe. But nevertheless the wolf is one of the most persecuted animals in North America, hunted for the sake of hunting, numbers being limited to the point of obscurity in some states, humankind has currently an endless thirst for the persecution of this animal. Wildlife in general is under pressure from population explosion, habitat encroachment, hunting, poaching, people thinking that for some animals their parts have medicinal purpose or just a complete lack of interest in the world around us to preserve and embrace it. Website = photosociety.net Page 24 email = magazine@photosociety.net
We as photographers or travellers or even home dwellers can play a role in preserving the wildlife and cultures of indigenous peoples by writing about them and showing their images. Wildlife moments, too many to mention here and hopefully so many more still to come. Once we are all the same and the wildlife it is gone, it is gone. Travel has always fascinated me, the world is getting smaller and in March of this year I embarked on one of those, ‘bucket list’ trips. Ever since I saw the first images of Machu Pichu many years ago I had the fascination to go and see for myself, but after a week in Peru I realized that whether you were in Cuzco, Ollantaytambo or Pachacamac the Incas were a nation in South America that thrived well until the arrival of the Europeans. Machu Pichu was not in cloud the day we went to visit, up at around 4.30 am. Then to the train station to take the Inca Express through the Andes and finally arriving at the local town. Boarding a bus and then when reaching the base you climb the steps until you suddenly come into an incredible sight, Machu Pichu in all it’s glory – you are not underwhelmed or disappointed in anyway and we spent many hours exploring the city. This trip was about places new, explore and to visit, Lima was bustling, Santiago was new, and shiny. Manta and the Cloud Forest were stunning with it’s flora and fauna, mammals that day was limited to howler monkey, you have to be there early or late to get a chance to see the elusive Jaguar. Enough insets and sharp plants to satisfy your curiosity. Cartagena was fascinating before we found ourselves travelling through one of mankind’s greatest feats – the building of the Panama Canal. You can gloss over the visit as another adventure but the sight will live with me for many years, it is right up there with the Ice Bergs in Antarctica and the migration in the Masai Mara, three incredible scenic moments in my life to date. It was fascinating as we traversed the locks and we saw crocodile, pelican, numerous other birds but alas no flocking parrots (typed real careful here). And then you return and it is but another passing visit, I never got to Manu in Peru or the Amazon, this will have to wait for another time. South America is huge and although this was the second visit, we just saw a little more. Website = photosociety.net Page 25 email = magazine@photosociety.net
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Page 5 and 6: I wanted to write about Costa Rica,
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Page 11 and 12: Who Says I’m Ugly? - Gordon Longm
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