The Images that weren't 'lost in the monochromatic mists of time'
Twenty-four years ago I hit the road to find a story. My tools: two secondhand Olympus OM10 cameras with 28mm, 50mm and 120mm Zuiko lenses, a bag full of Agfachrome, a Swiss Army knife and one ironed hankie (thanks Mum). This is the story in black and white...
Good Morning Kathmandu - A frigid mist cloaks this medieval neighborhood. It is tranquil yet strangely eerie at this early hour. No farting tri-wheelers, no hustlers chasing a fast rupee, just the muffled and determined drum of market workers' feet through timeless streets, carting produce from the countryside and into the city deeps.
Gibb Highway, Western Australia. Simon Rowe
Death in the afternoon. A brahman bullock is shot for meat to supply the station, East Kimberley, Western Australia. Simon Rowe
Stockmen quarter the freshly-killed bullock, East Kimberley, Western Australia. Simon Rowe
Pool hall on Jampea Street, Makassar, Indonesia. Simon Rowe
Halong Bay, Vietnam. Simon Rowe
Railroad crossing, Saigon-Hanoi trunk line, Vietnam. Simon Rowe
Christmas busker breaks for beer on Portobello Road, London. Simon Rowe
Morning streets of Madrid, Spain. Simon Rowe.
Nada Fighting Festival, Himeji, Japan. Simon Rowe
Shodokan Aikido Tournament, Osaka, Japan. Simon Rowe
Shinto shrine maiden, Himeji, Japan. 1999. Simon Rowe
Milan, Italy, 1991. Simon Rowe
Scrap metal collector, Khe Sahn, Vietnam. 1994. Simon Rowe
Harlem 1991, New York City. Simon Rowe
Night watchman, Agra, India. 1992. Simon Rowe
Himeji Castle, Japan. Simon Rowe
Nuremberg, Germany. 1992. Simon Rowe
Granada, Spain. 1992. Simon Rowe
Milan, Italy. Simon Rowe
Catacombs, Montparnasse, Paris. Simon Rowe
Kathmandu, Nepal. Simon Rowe
Postcard seller, Madrid, Spain. Simon Rowe
New York City. 1991. Simon Rowe
Summer in Toledo, Spain. Simon Rowe
Golden Triangle, northern Thailand. Simon Rowe
Milkmen, Agra, India. Simon Rowe
Backstreets Madrid, Spain. Simon Rowe
Sunday musicians, Himeji, Japan. Simon Rowe
Art students, Prado Museum, Madrid. Simon Rowe
Kino fisherman, Mexico. Simon Rowe
Market porters, Kathmandu. Simon Rowe
Rastro, Madrid. Simon Rowe
Seine River bank, Paris. Simon Rowe
Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London. Simon Rowe
Sunday, Madrid. Simon Rowe