Frasers Suites

Cavallino

Exquisite.

Pershing builds some of the world's most splendid yachts. This one - the 80 -

has a hull capable of slicing water at 50 knots. 

It was only when she was hovering off the coastline of Sentosa in 15 fathoms of water, 

her twin 4000 horsepower MTUs barely audible above the gentle swells and light rain, 

that 

I fully understood the meaning of Desire.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply did not  have enough of it.

MYANMAR

If you can put aside the notion of accidentally treading on a Russell's viper (as some people I know have come perilously close to doing) there are parts of ancient Myanmar that you have to see while you still have your land legs.

I'd recommend a guide who knows the local remedy for snakebite though. Just in case... 

Above, the Governor's Residence, Yangon. You'll spend a night here, before catching a short flight to meet the famed river cruiser Road to Mandalay in Bagan.

7º56'37.10" N • 98º21'35.02" E

She threw some moves and you could see in an instant she was trained in classical dance.

Then she did a Crouching Tiger followed by a Hidden Dragon

and the transition from one form into another was seamless.

There are actors, and there are actors, and the good ones do not merely act.

They are.

TOMANA

Naval Architect Paolo Caliari designed this yacht in the mid 80s.

29 years on, we photographed her off the northern coast of Singapore,

alongside an island where I used to camp with my childhood buddies.

(Only back then, we arrived by sampan.)

British Airways & Qantas First Class Lounge

British Airways and Qantas' First Class Lounge at Changi International Airport.

We had a narrow window to photograph these images as transit passengers could not be disturbed in between flights. So that left us with around 5 straight hours, between the time the clock struck twelve midnight and five a.m. We shot 5 consecutive days (or rather nights).

Fortunately, the lounge had a good espresso machine.

The Angsana Spa, Dubai

This was one of the very first spas to establish itself in Dubai. An urban oasis in every sense of the word.

We had two full days to shoot around two dozen images before the spa's official opening.

You'd never know that mere steps away, outside of the glass mosaic walls and mineral baths, lay the bustling marina waterfront. It was so quiet inside you could hear a butterfly in flight.

Here is a handful of images from that shoot.

The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai

It's always great travelling to the Gulf of Arabia on assignment. Give me any project in any of the gulf states and I'll gladly jump through hoops. The arid conditions suit me and my cameras just fine. Especially in wintertime!

It was in early January this year that we flew into Dubai to photograph the Ritz-Carlton resort. A splendid Mediterranean inspired property that sits on what must be the most coveted stretch of beach in this slightly surreal city.

As always, we had the time of our life.

I rarely make references to the clients that I work for.

By this I don’t mean the companies that bankrolled the many wonderful assignments I have been given over the years, but the actual persons responsible for giving me the brief and the support that is needed to help me do my work well.

Their names must remain unspoken for obvious reasons.

But you know who you are.

And I want you to know that each and every time I pick up a camera I am reminded of the fact that none of the images that exist here could have been created, without you.

And that I am grateful beyond words.

The Eastern and Oriental Express

I've always loved Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Can't explain why. So when the chance came to produce a fresh portfolio for the Eastern and Oriental Express, I didn't just jumped. I flew.

The images were shot in-situ between Bangkok and Singapore and while the train was docked in its stables at Tanjong Pagar. The route took us - among many other places - over the magnificent wooden bridge at Kanchanaburi, and on to the nearby town where the historic Bridge Over The River Kwai still stands today.

The couple was played by Serena Adsit and Michael Stein, whose looks, wit and intellect made the shoot an absolute pleasure from beginning to end.

Enjoy the images. Elsewhere here, you find the ones that we produced for that other great Far East Journey, the one enigmatically referred to as The Road To Mandalay.