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Posted by Tom | Filed under Travel, Photography

The pictures in the travel photography galleries were all taken on a cheap, compact digital camera and have not been manipulated in any way. They are basically holiday snap shots.

The pictures in the art photography section were all taken on a Canon SLR film camera and several have been manipulated using techniques available in Photoshop. The black and white photographs were developed by hand in a make shift dark room in a friend's kitchen.

Photography Galleries | Feb, 2013

Cuba

Havana Sculpture Cuba Slide Show | Feb, 2013

Morocco

Morocco Morocco Gallery | April, 2012

Ethiopia

Lake Tana Ethiopia Slide Show | Feb, 2012

Sudan

Meroe Pyramids Sudan Gallery | Feb, 2012

The Silk Road

Esfahan, Iran Slide Show | Photos: Part One | Photos: Part Two | May, 2010

Iceland

The Sun Voyager, Reykjavik Iceland Gallery | July, 2011

West Africa

Dogon Escarpment, Mali West Africa Gallery | February, 2011

Round the World

Rororua, New Zealand Round the World Gallery | Dec, 2009

Art Photography

Newhaven Beach Art Photography Gallery | May, 2000

Book Cover Ideas

Book Cover Ideas | July, 2011

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Tearing up the Silk Road

Posted by Tom on 08/01/2012

Two Globes A 100,000 word travelogue detailing a journey from China to Istanbul, through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus.

Click here to view more details and the original book blurb for the back cover. You could also check out some of my initial ideas for book cover designs, view the final printed cover and check out the slide show.

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Voodoo, Slaves and White Man's Graves

Posted by Tom on 08/01/2012

My recently completed second full-length travel book revolves around an overland journey through Benin, Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali.

The book proposal can now be viewed online as a PDF. Check out the West Africa Photo Gallery to view some pictures from this journey.

Free eBooks

Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales

Posted by Tom on 08/01/2012

A Short Break in Libya

Posted by Tom on 08/01/2012

To Camels from Cows: Algeria Overland

Posted by Tom on 08/01/2012

All of these short eBooks are available for free in a variety of formats for use on such eReaders as Kindle, Nook and Sony Touch. After downloading the books in Kindle, Epub, RTF, PDB or PDF format, they can then be copied over to the eReader of your choice.

Contact Me

If you would like to get in touch, then you can me email me at tom@tomcoote.net

Publications

I've recently been busy with Voodoo, Slaves and White Man's Graves but in the future I intend to write more travel articles and stories for magazines and web sites. Links to some recent publications are featured below:

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About

My original plan in life was to become an international rock megastar. Unfortunately, nobody understood my art. After around ten years of playing guitar in failed heavy metal groups, I eventually went to university, as a mature student, to take a degree in Third World Studies. After this also failed to get me anywhere, I started to teach myself to program computers and eventually won a studentship to take an MSc in Information Technology. Learn more...