MALTA & GOZO
These pictures are the result of a ten day shoot in these fascinating islands for the Maltese Tourist Board. They are strange and fascinating places. Hot, dusty, Mediterranean and undeniably 'foreign', they are also one of the last bastions of eccentric 'Englishness'. Ancient Phoenician ruins one minute, then, turn the corner to find oneself confronted by an English Bobby, a red telephone box and a traditional Grocer's shop. Most of these pictures are a selection of what I find myself shooting when I'm off duty.
These pictures are the result of a ten day shoot in these fascinating islands for the Maltese Tourist Board. They are strange and fascinating places. Hot, dusty, Mediterranean and undeniably 'foreign', they are also one of the last bastions of eccentric 'Englishness'. Ancient Phoenician ruins one minute, then, turn the corner to find oneself confronted by an English Bobby, a red telephone box and a traditional Grocer's shop. Most of these pictures are a selection of what I find myself shooting when I'm off duty.
The mid-day seaplane to Gozo
Street corner, Valetta. Many of the corners in old Valetta are decorated with religious statues like these.
Shop facade, Valetta (which remained closed during my visit, so I cannot verify it's usefulness)
In Valleta
in the port of Sliema
Rubino Restaurant, Valetta
Butchers shop, Mdina
Shop facades, Valetta
The city of Mdina, with a thunderstorm approaching
St Mary of Ta' Pinu church, Gharb, Gozo
Shop facade, Valetta
The Xara Palace Hotel, Mdina
Valetta harbour at dawn
Firing the mid-day salute (terrifyingly noisy!)
Antique shop, Victoria, Gozo
Xewkij, Gozo
Off fishing, at Salt pans carved in living rock, Bahar ic-Caghaq
In the back streets of Valetta
An early morning stop for Pastizzi. Traditional Maltese delicacies filled with cheese or peas.
Lower Barrakka Gardens, Valetta
Claude Camilleri at his Michelin starred restaurant Palazzo Santa Rosa in Mistra Bay
Winemaker Mark Miceli-Farrugia and his 'Meridiana' wines
In the city of Mdina
A traditional Maltese bus and it's driver at the central bus station, Valetta
The traditional Maltese sheeps cheese 'Ġbejna'
Washing, Sliema
The Bellusa Cafe, Victoria, Gozo
Hardware store, Valetta
