"the Rose Tattoo" © Russell Shakespeare 2017
"Bodysurfers, Currumbin Alley" © Russell Shakespeare 2018
"Looking forward to the year ahead" © Russell Shakespeare 2018
Happy New Year
the Rose
Currumbin Valley Rock Pool © Russell Shakespeare 2017
the Rock Pool
"Varanasi, India" © Russell Shakespeare 2017
the Corner Store
"Old Delhi, India" © Russell Shakespeare 2017
the Chai Master' Apprentice
The workout, Wrestlers Gym, Varanasi, India" . ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Workout
"I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction" -Aneurin Bevan . ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Avid Reader
"Interesting Advertising for a Business" . from "the daily walk" series .
©Russell Shakespeare 2017
today's walk
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” - Henry David Thoreau . photo ©Russell Shakespeare
the Drummer
"Munna Lal, Varanasi" . ©Russell Shakespeare
Eternal Flame
My dear friend Munna Lal in the last days of his life
"Ravi's Chai Shop, Varanasi" ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Ravi's Chai Shop
I still love to use film for my own personal work, this photograph was taken with a nikonos water camera. I still love the feel of film, of winding on, rather than the digital automatic wind on....must be showing my age.
"The Wait" . Munda, Solomon Islands ©Russell Shakespeare
Munda, Solomon Islands
Smoko at Gundoo Station, Qld. Australia . ©Russell Shakespeare
Smoko
"Kyogle, NSW" . © Russell Shakespeare 2017
Kyogle
Varanasi, India ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Varanasi
"Smoker" Varanasi, India ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Smoker
Hits Band in the "share house", Highgate Hill, Brisbane" ©Russell Shakespeare
Hits
"Worker, Varanasi, India" . ©Russell Shakespeare 2017
Worker
"Varanasi Junction Railway Station, Varanasi, India" . ©Russell Shakespeare