Bookends Gallery — Richard Peace Photography

Bookends Gallery

I've long held the view that a fantastic sunrise or sunset is like a great bookend to a day. I thought I would represent this in a short image Series.

Starting the day … the first two images are of the sun rising over the Amalfi Coast in Italy. And ending the day … the last two images are of the sun setting over the water from the island of North Uist in Scotland, UK.

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The Selfridges building at the Bullring in Birmingham is clad in hundreds of large metallic disks.  This image is shot from the street, looking up and across one of the facades.  I was trying to create a space age look.

Amalfi Sunrise #1

Taken on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne looking towards Newcastle in England, UK. This is an iconic pedestrian bridge conceived and built as a turn of the Millennium project. The bridge deck tilts to allow boats to pass underneath. It takes a…

Amalfi Sunrise #2

Cudillero is a small village in Asturias, Spain. Taken after a sharp up the hill climb following dinner (with local cider) in the square adjacent to the harbour.

Hebridean Sunset #1

The magical, fairytale, disneyesque walled city of Carcassone, France. I used a tripod to take this image so I could photobomb it and create a focal point. The apparently unreal blue of the sky was real, honest. Just good timing at the height of t…

Hebridean Sunset #2