M A Andrew Black and White Photography Blog

Christmas Eve 2005 I went in a taxi to Sugar Loaf Mountain.  In reality this means arriving at the rock in front  of Sugar Loaf and taking a cable car up to Sugar Loaf itself. Unfortunately the cable car was shut. Nevertheless, a herd of local taxi drivers were waiting nearby. After some careful negotiations, I ended up being taken up to Santa Terese (and then on to Corcovado) From Santa Terese, I took this shot of Sugar Loaf and Botafogo. The hills in the background are known as Niteroi, I’m told.

Until I arrived in Lucca, I had no idea to expect. The walled city is beautiful and I only wished I could have stayed longer. I trekked up to the top of one of Lucca’s many towers and shot this picture.

Christopher Wren designed the magnificent St Paul’s Cathedral which was completed on his 76th birthday in 1708.  The famous dome was the third design submitted by Wren and is an example of late renaissance style architecture. If it were not for the great fire of London in 1666, Wren my not have had his chance to design one of Britain’s greatest buildings.

Interestingly, many famous people have memorials inside St. Paul’s. Henry Moore is one such artist. I took this shot of one of Moore’s pieces in a sculpture park somewhere near the M1 in about 2003. The park has a number of fascinating sculpures by Moore and others.