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Gordon Ross Photography

24 Nov 2023
Church, Mandalay, Burma Diptych

Dangerous Jobs

Changing the lights on a cross in Mandalay, Burma.  I took this picture while leading a tour years ago in Burma. When I look at this image, I wonder what conversations brought them to do this risky job.  What would lead these 2 to risk their lives to change the lights on a cross high above the ground, on an old structure, without safety gear, in bare feet? Was it the priest that asked them to do it? Was it a […]

03 Dec 2021

Portrait Genres For All

Portraiture has been one of my principal genres at my home base on Vancouver Island. It’s also one of my principal genres abroad. Portraiture is a dynamic interplay between the photographer and the subject. I love it because I get to meet and get to know so many amazing people. I feel blessed with all who have entrusted with me this deeply personal task. What kind of portraits do I shoot? My portraits fit into the categories of traditional/formal, environmental, […]

20 Sep 2021

Wildlife

I have taken photographs since I was a boy and I have explored a number of photographic subjects along the way. Wildlife photography is a genre that stayed with me and matured with me as I grew older. To see a wild creature fully inhabit its wild space with its raw natural energy is powerful and captivating. To capture it photographically is my icing on the cake. From Antarctica to the Serengeti, our planet has an amazing variety of landscapes […]

28 Mar 2021

World Portrait Photography

World Portrait Photography A portrait should convey some important aspect(s) about a person that leaves you with the feeling that you know something about the individual beyond the image. I’ve had the great fortune to travel widely and photograph thousands of people. It’s so fulfilling to quickly engage someone, get them to relax, to connect with them and then to capture that moment. One of my recipes for a successful portrait is to make eye contact with my subjects right […]

08 Mar 2021

Burning Man

Burning Man 2011 It was my first Burn and as such, I was affectionately known as a Virgin Burner. I had heard about this festival for years and was always curious. Simply put, it transcended everything that I had imagined it would be. This festival is the poster-child of the Counter Culture Revolution. On the Black Rock Desert, commonly referred to as The Playa, the world’s largest participatory festival unfolds with a density of over 50,000 Burners. It is intense. […]

21 Sep 2021

A Death In Bali

A Balinese funeral, especially one of a hero, is a spectacle to witness. The man who died was a member of the Indonesian resistance who fought the Dutch from re-occupying the country after the Japanese occupation ended at the end of World War II. The images show people gathering for the event, the funeral itself, the procession to the cremation grounds and the cremation itself.

20 Sep 2021

Wildlife

I have taken photographs since I was a boy and I have explored a number of photographic subjects along the way. Wildlife photography is a genre that stayed with me and matured with me as I grew older. To see a wild creature fully inhabit its wild space with its raw natural energy is powerful and captivating. To capture it photographically is my icing on the cake. From Antarctica to the Serengeti, our planet has an amazing variety of landscapes […]

20 Sep 2021

Portraits of a Tibetan Lama

Geshe YongDong, Tibetan Bon Lama I have had the amazing opportunity to get to know and to study with Geshe YongDong, a Bon Buddhist Lama who runs the Bon centre, Sherab Chamma Ling. GesheLa was born in Tibet and like so many of his time, he fled Tibet to northern India where he lived and studied in exile. Eventually, he made his way to Canada where he founded Sherab Chamma Ling, the only Bon Buddhist Centre in Canada. You can […]

08 Sep 2021
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In Addis Ababa

  Recycler’s Market, Addis Ababa I took this picture in a recycling centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The center is unique in that people live in the recycling area surrounded by heaps of scrap metal and parts. And amazingly, it is recycled, or upcycled into new products that are pounded out by hand and anvil. This young man was asking for alms whilst he embarks on a youthful Muslim pilgrimage. Eyes can be magnetic, and the gentleness and humility in […]

07 Sep 2021

Ice

I love ice. I love its form. Its hardness that belies its fragility. And I love the lines and the hues of blue. And the way my dualistic brain works, I immediately think of its opposite. Do any of you think like that? I seem hardwired that way. So, really, today I got thinking today about ice by first thinking about heat waves. I live in BC, Canada where we were in the midst of a heat wave that broke all […]

05 Sep 2021

Portraits of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is diverse in landscapes and cultures. From the countryside and cultures of the arid Omo Valley to the Simien Plateau, the rooftop of Africa, Ethiopia is spectacularly different from region to region. It’s painful to see it in the news once again as internal strife threatens to tear the country apart. Ethiopia is dear to my heart so with the rollout of my new website, I decided to feature this amazing country in a gallery of portraits.

05 Sep 2021
04 Sep 2021

Portrait of a Mursi Tribe at War, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Portrait of a Mursi Tribe at War, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

28 Mar 2021

World Portrait Photography

World Portrait Photography A portrait should convey some important aspect(s) about a person that leaves you with the feeling that you know something about the individual beyond the image. I’ve had the great fortune to travel widely and photograph thousands of people. It’s so fulfilling to quickly engage someone, get them to relax, to connect with them and then to capture that moment. One of my recipes for a successful portrait is to make eye contact with my subjects right […]

08 Mar 2021

Burning Man

Burning Man 2011 It was my first Burn and as such, I was affectionately known as a Virgin Burner. I had heard about this festival for years and was always curious. Simply put, it transcended everything that I had imagined it would be. This festival is the poster-child of the Counter Culture Revolution. On the Black Rock Desert, commonly referred to as The Playa, the world’s largest participatory festival unfolds with a density of over 50,000 Burners. It is intense. […]