©2007
Marshall Ikonography
- Turkish Treasures:
These are the images from our first short print run book: a
small twenty page volume produced by PhotoInPress. This is
the introduction from the font cover flap:
During the autumn of 2007 Peter Marshall and Colleen
Bretzlaff toured and photographed a few of the historic
and natural treasures of Turkey found in the city of
Istanbul, around the Aegean Region in the west and
throughout Cappadocia in the Central Anatolia Region. All
the photographs in this volume are available for sale as
fine art prints or for licence. For details see
marshall-ikonography.com.
On the back flap we thanked our hosts:
Merhaba!
Heartfelt thanks to our hostess Gül Göktepe, a special
friend of Colleen's since 1980. Gül and her two sons Mete
and Alp, either in person or via mobile phone, made our
visit to Turkey both memorable and full of extraordinary
experiences. They made us part of the family for many
Ramazan traditions and the very tasty Seker Bayrami holiday
that followed. Gül efficiently mobilized her extensive
network of family and friends to ensure that we were always
comfortable and welcome. Wherever we travelled,we were
touched by the friendly charm and genuine warmth of the
Turkish people. Tesekkürler!
©2008
Marshall Ikonography
- Irish Landscapes
2008: These lovely landscape images are from an extended trip that
we took to Ireland during the fall of 2008. The images
capture just some of the beautiful light for which Ireland is famous.
For this trip we decided to put some emphasis on capturing images the
wonderful landscapes of the island. In this collection,
both single frame and multi-frame stitched photographs are
included and this small showcase includes some
of my favourite landscape images from the 2008 Ireland
visit. Each one will reveal an extraordinary amount of
detail (much more than is available in the showcase version) when
printed at the 12"x18" size and in the future
to even larger sizes. Six of the images were featured in
the RA Photo Club's slide showcase on January 13, 2009.
©2008
Marshall Ikonography
- Mexico Print
Candidates: This is selection of colourful images
from our winter trip to the Yucatan Penninsula. In January we travelled
mostly around the town of Tulum in the South end of the
state of Quintana Roo but also enjoyed a fruitful visit north into the
State Yucatan and the old colonial city of Valladolid.
The photos include sunny beach scenes, Mayan ruins,
colour filled street portraits and otherworldly cenotes from
above and below the surface. Each photograph was chosen as a
suitable source for printing and framing.
©2007
Marshall Ikonography
- Denmark Dreams: A
series of monochrome images of Denmark all enfused with the
foggy glow of the Orton technique that serves to highlight
the special light that we experienced to this northerly
country during our visit in the spring of 2007. These images show best as
large prints on paper, but this short showcase should give you a
a feel for these slightly other-worldly images.
©2007
Marshall Ikonography
- Turks: One of the joys of
travelling in Turkey is photographing the people. I found
them all very friendly and quite willing to let a
photographer into their life. My minimal Turkish
language skills -- merhaba/hello and
photo? -- and a smile were the main
ingredients. This short sequence for the
RA Photo Club's December 2007 Slide Showcase consists of
six images of people from
Anatolia -- basically the rural parts of Turkey that we
visited during October of 2007.
©2007
Marshall Ikonography
- Looking Up in
Istanbul: Some of the most interesting architecture
in Istanbul puts a great strain on your neck. Looking
Up is a collection of images of a some exquisitely
decorated domes and ceilings of the churches, mosques and
palaces of that great city. They are massive, high, full of
light and artfully covered with intricate designs using both
frescoe and mosaic. Much of the art in the buildings that
were once churches (now museums) were covered until fairly
recently since it offended the accepted religion. The
covering probably saved some of them from the deterioration
of the ages.
- Hagia Sophia: A
series of five images from the interior of this massive and
magnificent church-mosque-museum that formed my
contribution to the November 2007 Slide Showcase at the RA Photo
Club.
©2005
Marshall Ikonography
- Nature 2006:
Every year the members of the Nature Group
of the RA Photo Club put together a presentation of slides
taken in nature over the past year. Select the photo on the
left to view my (slightly augmented) contribution.
The images are primarily from the big island of Hawaii where
the tropical east side is a nature paradise. I've also
included a few shots from around Ottawa as well as a couple
from a trip to Banff.
©2005
Marshall Ikonography
- Experience Music Project:
This is the web version of a show exhibited exhibited at the
RA Photo Club in February 2006. They are images from a
November 2005 trip to Seattle where I
photographed the Frank Gehry designed Experience Music
Project museum building and its surroundings. I loved the
colours, the curves and the reflections. It was a fairly
quiet place on a weekday afternoon in November and a very
neat place to walk around. The image at
the right will take you to an extended web version of the
showcase. Enjoy!
