The story of two young men from opposite sides of the world who both appeared in the BBC’s Human Planet
Feb 10, 2011 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Altai Mountains, Asia, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Discovery, eagle hunter, Ethiopia, Gelada Baboon, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Kazakh, Mongolia, mountains life in thin air, Planeta Humano, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 15 Comments »
Witness the amazing lengths that some people will go to to get their sugar fix…
Feb 05, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Bayaka, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, bbc rachael kinley, Central African Republic, Discovery, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, Rachael Kinley, rachael kinley bbc, rachael kinley human planet, rachel kinley, Tim Fogg, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Tom Hugh-Jones | 28 Comments »
In the desert of Niger, the Wodaabe tribe have a unique way of meeting a mate
Jan 20, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Desert, Discovery, Gerewol, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, jeerewol, jerewol, Niger, nomad, Planeta Humano, raume, Sahel, Timothy Allen, tribe, Wodaabe | 21 Comments »
Kenya …Coming to Kenya with the BBC’s natural history unit you’d be forgiven for assuming that I was here to spend a few weeks on safari. For sure, the BBC’s cameramen and women have had a long and fruitful relationship with Kenya’s amazing wildlife over the years, resulting in some of the most sensational wildlife […]
Sep 20, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, dump, garbage, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Kenya, Mombasa, Planeta Humano, rubbish, scavengers, Timothy Allen, waste dump | 5 Comments »
Mongolia …I am actually writing you this post from my home in Bristol, UK. I got back from Mongolia two days ago via a rather overdue trip to the tropical diseases clinic in London in order to have a small community of uninvited parasitic squatters exorcised from my backside. The good news for me was […]
Jul 25, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Asia, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, bot fly, dog, hook worm, hookworm, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Mali, Mongolia, parasite, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, tropical disease, tumbu fly | 3 Comments »
Mali …Another day, another awe inspiring location that would sit quite comfortably amidst the pages of Lord of the Rings. We’re guests of the Dogon people this week, camping by a small village at the base of a huge escarpment facing the desert plains of the Sahel. There are strict rules to living here. I’m […]
Jun 29, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, animal sacrifice, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Cecilia Hue, cliff dwelling, dogon, Dogon tribe, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Mali, Planeta Humano, rain, Robin Cox, sacrifice, Sahel, Tellem, Timothy Allen, vegetarian, vegetarianism | Leave A Comment »
Mali …This week I didn’t expect to be back in Africa, especially not Mali, the country Abbie has been calling home for the last 3 weeks, but thanks to a small political situation caused by a disagreement over the ingredients of this locality’s fabled mud plaster I am currently in the 45 degree desert heat […]
Jun 17, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, crepissage, Djenné, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Mali, mosque, mud city, mud festival, mud plaster, Planeta Humano, replastering, Robin Cox, Timothy Allen | 8 Comments »
Central African Republic …It’s the end of our time with the Bayaka and tomorrow we’ll be heading off to Cameroon and then home sweet home to the UK, but before I go I thought I’d leave you with one more picture from our Bayaka jungle home. That’s Mongonjay with his wife and child standing outside […]
May 14, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Bayaka, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Central African Republic, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, jungle, Planeta Humano, ray of light, ray of sunshine, sunbeam, sunburst, Timothy Allen, tribe | 4 Comments »
Central African Republic …When I was a child I spent quite a lot of time up a certain willow tree in our family’s back garden. There’s a particular kind of comforting solitude that can only be found up a tree. I think it has something to do with the fact that as you sit there, […]
May 02, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Bayaka, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, bees, blogsherpa, Central African Republic, honey, honey collectors, honey gatherer, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, jungle, Planeta Humano, rope access course, Timothy Allen, tree, tribe, Westonbirt Arboretum | 9 Comments »
Central African Republic …Often, when people seek out jungle dwelling tribes to photograph, the reality of their experience in the field doesn’t quite live up to the expectation they may have initially brought with them en route to their destination. It’s 2009 after all, and the heyday of those kind of cultural expeditions has passed […]
Apr 24, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Bayaka, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Central African Republic, forest spirits, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, pygmy, Timothy Allen, tribe, water drumming | 1 Comment »
Central African Republic …Arriving in the 30 degree heat of Cameroon yesterday was a sensational change from the biting winds of Mongolia. In fact, if you’d have asked me last week to describe the complete antithesis of Gobi desert calm, then the heaving sweaty crowds of Douala airport baggage reclaim would have borne an uncanny […]
Apr 17, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Bayaka, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, C.A.R., Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dornier 228, Douala, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, jungle, Planeta Humano, Rachael Kinley, Timothy Allen | 9 Comments »
Niger …Last year I was lucky enough to receive one of the first new Canon 5D mark II cameras when they came out. Niger was to be the trial run for this new SLR which also shoots high definition film, something I am very excited about. With the help of BBC cameraman Toby Strong and […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Travel, Video, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, at work, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Canon 5D Mark II, dance, film, Gerewol, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Mark 2, Niger, photographer, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Wodaabe | 2 Comments »
Niger … My time in Niger didn’t start as planned. After 4 days travelling from Ethiopia, via London to pick up a new camera, I arrived in the capital Niamey with some new bags under my eyes. Unfortunately, they were the only personal bags I’d be seeing for a few weeks since my luggage never […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Cecilia Hue, clothes, dance, Desert, Gerewol, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Niger, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Wodaabe, woodabe | 6 Comments »
Ethiopia …Traveling to remote places involves a certain degree of hardiness on the part of our film crews. Isolated communities rarely possess the means to support large groups of outsiders and consequently, on these journeys, all of us are spending quite a bit of time under canvas. The mountains of Northern Ethiopia were one such […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Comment, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, camping, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, remote, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen | 1 Comment »
Ethiopia …This, my second trip to Ethiopia for Human Planet was my most memorable experience thus far. The simple reason for this was the lovely people we met there. Our time was spent with a family in a very remote settlement, a long way from the nearest road, high in the mountains. For the most […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, children, Ethiopia, girl, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, mountains, Planeta Humano, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen, Zablon Beyene | Leave A Comment »
Ethiopia …It was September last year when we spent time filming with the Suri Tribe in Southern Ethiopia. Half a year on, and I still have one memory from my time there permanently imprinted in my mind. Well, on my body actually… and semi-permanently I think . Whilst we were there I had my shoulder […]
Feb 23, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, scar, scar tattoo, Suri, Surma, tattoo, Timothy Allen | 2 Comments »
Ethiopia …In Southern Ethiopia, witnessing a Suri stick fight or ‘Donga’ was one of the most awe inspiring public displays of aggression I think I’ve ever seen. Stick fighting is a brutal sport there is no doubt, but when you see it in the flesh, you realize that it is a very fair and honest […]
Feb 22, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Phantom High Speed Camera, Planeta Humano, Stick fight, Stick fighting, Suri, Suri Tribe, Surma, Timothy Allen | Leave A Comment »
The Joys of Camping
Ethiopia …Traveling to remote places involves a certain degree of hardiness on the part of our film crews. Isolated communities rarely possess the means to support large groups of outsiders and consequently, on these journeys, all of us are spending quite a bit of time under canvas. The mountains of Northern Ethiopia were one such […]
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Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Comment, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, camping, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, remote, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen | 1 Comment »