A group of friends play a game of football on Copacabana beach with a sand sculpture of "cariocas" sunbathing whilst Christ the Redeemer keeps a watchful eye, Rio de Janeiro. 2013
A group of young men defy logic to brighten their day by playing a "kick about" on a Sao Paulo skyscraper, 1997.
In the absence of green spaces in the megacity that is Sao Paulo, a boy kicks a ball to friends on the streets of Brazil's industrial heartland. 1997
Boys play football in the narrow streets of Jacarezinho Favela, Rio's second largest (POP: 200.000) and until recently a no go zone due to the violent drug trade which infested all of Rio's favelas, 1997
Robbed priests of Santo Tomás de Villanova seminary play a game of football against international student seminarians. The robbed priest team have won many local trophies in recent years as they remain amongst the best team in the region, Ourinhos. 2013
At the Santo Tomás de Villanova seminary's dinning table and below the Last Supper, surrounded by multiple trophies for their footballing successes, priests take an afternoon tea break before heading to the pitch to play another game against fellow seminarians, Ourinhos. 2013
Inside Marrey Prison close to Sao Paulo's international airport in Guarulhos, the high security penitentiary hold 2200 inmates, 1000 more then it can officially hold. The prisoners play a football tournament as part of their privileges for good discipline. This high security institution houses mostly drug related criminals and other violent crime, Guarulhos. 2013
Buddhist monk Køhan Kamata, 56 and Masatsugo Okutani, 41 greet each other on the steps separating the Buddist Temple "Hojozan Gokurakuji" from Yabuhara sanctuary in Kiso Mura village, Nagano Prefecture. 2016
Kazufumi Okutani, 71 and son Masatsugu Okutani, 41 are the 24th and 25th generational SHINTO "officiants" - priests - in their family line dating back to the 12th century AD. SHINTO represents for japanese society a place and a time to purify and reconnect with life's vital forces aided by nature's energy and its representations. Kiso Mura villge, Nagano province. 2016
Masatsugu Okutani, 41 performs a waterfall purification ceremony at Kiyo-Taki waterfall. Purification is one of the most important aspects of Shinto as well as being at the core of Japanese culture. 2016
Members of the association of Yabuhara Sanctuary stand in silence holding lanterns as the Mikoshi weaves its way through the village of Kiso Mura as part of the Summer festival celebrations. The Mikoshi is literally a wheel-less human powered transporter of "a litter of Kami" which carry the zillions of divinities. The Mikoshi is also a portable Shinto shrine which on continuation of the ceremony is then carried by a large number of strong young men on their shoulders across the village for approximately 12 – 14 hours. 2016
The village of old Al Qurna clings to the slopes of the Theban hills filled with endless quantities of tombs from Pharaonic times. For centuaries its inhabitants had unhindered access to these burial grounds. Most of this picturesque settlement was therefore destroyed by government orders in 2007. In spite of this drastic measure the plundering continues to this day. Al Qurna was known as the home to the Al Rasoul clan considered to be the most powerful of tomb robbers in modern Egyptian history. Nevertheless the Rasoul also provided desicive help to French, British and American archeologists such as Howard Carter who discovered the Tuntankamun tomb in 1922. 2016
In the tombs of the middle and new kingdom robbers dig and sift large quantities of earth and rubble in search of ancient treasures. They work almost in the shadow of the Valley of the Kings working in very claustrophobic environments where fatal accidents are common. They also suffer from serious pulmonary ailments due to the constant inhaling of the very fine dust and other toxic particles mainly from bat excrement. Their reward lies in valuable artefacts such as sarcophagus and their contents. This photograph shows the illegal activity of Tomb robbers at work whom if caught will get a 25 year jail sentence. 2016
Rhissa Feltou, mayor of Agadez city and Mawli Dayak, son of the legendary Tuareg rebellion leader of the 1990's survey the strategically important Aïr mountain landscape surrounded by a Niger army unit providing traveling security on their journey across the region. Bagzan, north-central Niger. 2017
The Sultan of the Aïr region in northern Niger, which includes the city of Agadez, surrounded by his entourage. The Sultanate of Agadez, also known as Ténéré Sultanate of Aïr was a Berber kingdom centered in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Niger. It was founded in 1449 by the Tuareg. The kingdom was later conquered by the Songhai Empire in 1500. After the defeat of Songhai in 1591, the sultanate regained its independence. It experienced a steep decline in population and economic activity during the 17th century. The kingdom was later conquered by the French in 1900. 2017
A Niger army unit travels in convoy with the mayor of Agadez city, Rhissa Feltou and his entourage into the Aïr mountains from the Tidene region of central Niger. 2017
Pilgrimes and monks arrive at Tashilunpo Monastery, the seat of the Panchen Lama, as appointed by the Dalai Lama to pay homage and resspect to their annointed God, Shigatze city, Tibet. 1996
Tibetan monks inside the assembly hall at Sera Monastery, close to Lhasa, chant and have tea as part of their daily activities. 1996
Villagers from Dongsa sift the recently harvested Wheat before the harsh and long winter sets in and cuts them off the outside world. 1996
Women and children from the Bishnoi farming caste collect water from a communal well in the village of Bhagatashi, Rajasthan. 1991
from my book Brazil Incarnate, three gay lovers preen themselves like peacocks on display in front of the Sugar loaf mountain and the Guanabara bay, Rio de Janeiro. 1986
From Brazil Incarnate, In the shape of a Greek god a man plays Volley- Football on Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro. 1990
From Brazil Incarnate, a couple greet friends on Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro whilst others continue to enjoy the pleasures of a tropical day in the city known as the "a cidade maravilhosa" or "eternally beautiful one". 1992
From Brazil Incarnate a group of transvestite men let their hair down and let rip at a carnival ball, Rio de Janeiro. 1991
From Brazil Incarnate, young men, boys and girls get hosed down under the blistering hot summer sun of Salvador de Bahia in the build up to carnival. 1992
Women wait for a boat ride across a flooded field to reach their isolated homes during the monsoon season in Bangladesh. 1990
Jabar Hawlder, 60 being lovingly washed by his wife Royka Khatun on the banks of Hte Rupsa river, Bangladesh. 1990
A torrential downpour during the monsoon season on Dakayatia river close to Chandpur town, Bangladesh. 1990
Fatima Khatun with her 5 month old baby return to their flooded home on a banana raft in the village of Maghay, central Bangladesh during the monsoon season. 1990
Farmers and villagers go about their business in Anamoros, El Salvador. 1990
Gauchos, the herdsmen of the Pampas, herding their cattle on La Estrella farm, Argentina. 1993
Gauchos herding "Criollo" thoroughbred horses across a river on La Estrella farm, Argentina. 1993
Gauchos, herdsmen from the Pampas, tending to their horses on a Uruguayan farm. 2002
Gaucho preparing his horse for the day's activity on the open pampa, Uruguay. 2002
Mennonite family Abraham and Elizabeth Friesen surrounded by their children on the porch of their home in Rio Verde, Paraguay. 2002
Tropical storm gathers strength over Trinidad town, Cuba. 1999
Maylin Daza at home grooming her nails as her nephew looks on in their shared home, Havana. Cuba. 2008
Remote bus stop on the road crossing the Bayovar desert known for it's rich mineral deposits, Peru. 2001
A curandero, a witchdoctor, at work on a patient in a remote Peruvian village, 2001
On the western fjords of Iceland a lonely cross marks the spot where an avalanche killed 20 people in a freak accident. 1996
Women grieve and place lit candles onto the corpse of the open coffin for the first student killed at the start of the Romanian revolution which followed the downfall and execution of president Nicolai Ceaușescu, Bucharest. 1989.
A grieving family at the funeral for Alicia Georges, during the uprising which lead to the departure of the much feared "Bay Doc", Duvalier regime, Port au Prince, Haiti. 1986
Spanish fishermen working in Gail force 9 conditions in the North Sea as part of their tough three week on two week off working life at sea, Sole Bank and Eastner. 1995
Galician fishermen, Paco and Valentin lighting a cigarette whilst tending to fish below deck, North Sea. 1995
Rocinha, Latin America’s largest urban favela and one of Rio’s 700 with a pop. of approx. 200.000 residents. It is currently in the middle of a drug “war” between two rival drug factions of the “Red Command - “Comando Vermelho" for supremacy of this highly lucrative business, Rio de Janeiro. 2004
The “BOPE” police force, the elite "SWAT" like special forces practice abseiling during training with a backdrop of Rio de Janeiro's iconic postcard landscape and the Sugar Loaf mountain. 2004
Police enter Pixunga favela in search of drugs and arms during a raid as part of their never ending battle with the drug gangs that dominate life inside many of Rio de Janeiro's 700 favelas, 2004
“Visual” violence in the form of graffiti. Rio’s streets are littered with this type of graffiti, city wide. 2004
A women sits inside a Alfa Romero Fretcha d'oro 1948 observing a man in La Boca district, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1997.
A couple dance tango along side a classic Alfa Romeo Fretcha d'oro 1948 in La Boca district, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1997