The hotel is closed to the public

undergoing heavy restoration,

a few artists still live and have a studio.

This is unlawful.

It is against the law to take photos

of the Chelsea Hotel.

Times are changing. 

Jonas Mekas leaving the Chelsea Hotel in 1967 

Maritime Hotel, New York

The balcony over the sea

En souvenir d'Elisabeth Baysset. 

Une artiste délicate, pleine de charme et de poesie.

Farewell Elisabeth.

The studio under full sails

Step into the Ocean, Biarritz

Biarritz, the 100 steps

Q

da Cat

Paris

FAR AWAY PLACES 

Kuala Lumpur

On the way to Cebu

I came to Cebu island in the Philippines to photograph a book on the beach life

as an assignment from a Philippino business woman who also ran the local newspaper.

The book was never published but I did all the photos and spent a very happy time there.

Keeping an illustrated scrapbook was a convenient way to remember and edit what I was shooting. 

No digital nor polaroids.

 FAR AWAY PLACES

Ferdinand Magellan was killed by the local Chief Lapu Lapu on the beach of Mactan near Cebu City in 1521.

Dutch edition of ELLE DECORATION

 Dec 2012

Cover

a syndication of the house in Rome

published last year in

ELLE DECOR ITALIA

FAR AWAY PLACES

 Colombo - Sri Lanka