Pembrokeshire, Wales Home is where the harp is I am sitting in a remote mud hut discussing ‘Big Brother’. Next to me an open fire radiates its welcoming orange cast, tinging all but the brilliant whites of the scene outside, trees freshly dusted with an icy coat of late January powder. Today, unusually, the topic of […]
Nov 20, 2013 | Categories:View the complete Archive | Tags: community, Emma Orbach, isolated, mud hut, off grid living, off-grid, off-the-grid, Pembrokeshire, photographer, remote, sustainable, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, Wales, West Wales | 82 Comments »
Gosaikunda, Langtang, Nepal ..Walking the path most traveled .. ‘Trekking’ has become a much maligned word of late. In Nepal I’ve heard it used to describe everything from an arduous summit climb to a morning stroll up a stone staircase. One factor that appears to be paramount in the categorization of a modern ‘trek’ is […]
Oct 25, 2013 | Categories:View the complete Archive | Tags: August, full moon, Gosaikunda, Gosainkunda, Hindu, Lake, Nepal, pilgrim, pilgrimage, Sacred, Shaman, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel | 15 Comments »
High in the mountains of Bulgaria we discovered an abandoned flying saucer in the snow…
Feb 28, 2012 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: abandoned, abandoned building, abandoned buildings, amazing, Balkan mountains, Bouzloudja, Bulgaria, buzludja, buzludzha, Communism, communist, derelict, derelict bulding, flying saucer, Kaloyan Petrov, monument, mount, socialism, socialist, Stara Planinia, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, UFO, urban exploration, URBEX | 241 Comments »
Berlin, Germany … It’s been an incredibly long time since I posted anything on this blog… almost a month to the day in fact. I won’t bore you with excuses. Needless to say, as those of you who blog will know only too well, sometimes you just keep putting it off and off, and then […]
Jun 10, 2011 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: 200mm, Bearpit, Berlin, China, Death Valley, Dresden, Elaine, Elayne, f1.7, Highliner, Hitching post, Karaoke, Lumix, Marty, Mauerpark, Olympus PEN EP2, Panasonic, Review, Road, Sideways, Sisters meal festival, Stayin Alive, Staying Alive, Swingers, Test, The Dresden Room, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Trip, USA | 11 Comments »
In north east India the Khasi tribe grow incredible living bridges that last for hundreds of years.
Mar 21, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: 7 sister states, banyan, banyan tree, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Cherapunjee, Discovery, East Khasi Hills, ficus, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, India, Inosculation, Khasi Tribe, living bridge, living bridges, Living root bridges, Mawlynnong, Mawlynong, Meghalaya, NE States, North East Frontier States, north east States, Planeta Humano, root bridge, root bridges, Severn Sister States, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel | 81 Comments »
Pakistan … From a dusty old hotel room in Southern Pakistan, I would just like to say many, many thanks to those of you who have been sending me incredibly kind messages since BBC News ran an audio slide show of some of my photographs from Human Planet a couple of days ago. I really […]
Mar 05, 2011 | Categories:Comment, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, how to become a photographer, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 20 Comments »
Los Angeles … I’ve been in L.A. for the last week doing some press for the launch of Human Planet in the USA tonight on the Discovery Channel. One of the most enjoyable was a piece we filmed for NBC’s Carson Daly show, a late night magazine programme that appears to be something akin to […]
Mar 02, 2011 | Categories:Video, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Carson Daly, David Attenborough, Discovery, Discovery Channel, Hollywood, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Human Planet blog, interview, photographer, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 10 Comments »
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 »
Greenland … Prior to traveling to Greenland with Human Planet, I had never been to the Arctic before. I don’t know exactly what I was expecting. Cold? Yes of course, but I don’t think anything can quite prepare you for the astonishing panoramas that hide quietly around every frozen corner. A winter north of the […]
Jan 27, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Arctic, Arctic Circle, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, boiling water freezes, Discovery, Greenland, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, ilulissat, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 16 Comments »
Meet the incredible men who risk their lives fishing with hookah pipes in the South China Sea
Jan 05, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, breath diver, Discovery, diver, filipino, fishing, hookah, hookah pipe, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Moro Ami, Oceans - Into the Blue, Pa-aling, paaling, Philipines, Philippines, Phillipines, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 31 Comments »
Sabah, Malaysia … In anticipation of the premiere of Human Planet, the BBC has today released three teaser clips from the Oceans episode which be the first of the eight to be broadcast next week. My favourite one is an extraordinary clip of Bajau free diver Sulbin, as he takes a dive to 20 metres […]
Jan 04, 2011 | Categories:Video, View the complete Archive | Tags: Bajau, Bajau Free diver, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Borneo, Discovery, free diver. free diving, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Malaysia, oceans, Planeta Humano, Sabah, sea gypsy, spear fishing, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Tun Sakaran | 4 Comments »
… Well, it’s that time of the year again. The time when photographer’s throughout the world root through dusty hard drives and put together a synopsis of their year in images. Of course, for the second year running, my year has been dominated by Human Planet, many images of which you may well have already […]
Dec 31, 2010 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Human Planet, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, my year in pictures, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 27 Comments »
‘Best in show’ for dead animals. Welcome to the fascinating world of competitive taxidermy.
Nov 16, 2010 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: fish carving, Jeanette Hall, Ken Walker, Photography, Taxidermist, Taxidermy, Taxidermy Stuff the World, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, World Taxidermy Championships | 4 Comments »
Singapore …Two weeks into 2010 and I am back from my one month break over the holiday season. As is the tradition for photographers around this time of year, I have put together a small portfolio of previously unseen pictures from 2009… one from each Human Planet shoot last year. Yesterday I left my home […]
Jan 18, 2010 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, photographer, Planeta Humano, Tim Allen, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, travel photography | 9 Comments »
The Journey Begins …Welcome to the beginning of a rather extraordinary journey. Over the next 20 months I will be accompanying BBC film crews on a groundbreaking voyage around Planet Earth to document the remarkable ways in which the human species has adapted to living within our world’s natural environments. During this time, we will […]
Feb 21, 2009 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, journey, photographer, Photography, photography blog, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel | 7 Comments »
A Word in Your Shell-Like
Pakistan … From a dusty old hotel room in Southern Pakistan, I would just like to say many, many thanks to those of you who have been sending me incredibly kind messages since BBC News ran an audio slide show of some of my photographs from Human Planet a couple of days ago. I really […]
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Mar 05, 2011 | Categories:Comment, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, how to become a photographer, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 20 Comments »