2017: My Year in Photos

There is no doubt that my favourite post of every year is this one: the moment when, in looking back over a year of photos, I am able to consolidate the last 365 days and review an overarching visual picture of the year. There’s nothing quite so fulfilling as the recognition of a year well spent, and looking back over this year’s photos, I am able to confidently conclude that 2017 has been an extraordinary year.
It was extraordinary for many reasons, not least for the variety not only of our holidays, but of our lifestyle changes too. At the beginning of the year, we were living in Mallorca and I was working in Marketing. By the end, I am once again a hardened (but wiser) Londoner, but with an altogether more exciting role in commercial law. It was consequently a year of big changes, and not least in our home, where a total redecoration accompanied our return to the big smoke, and Farrow & Ball calke green became the indubitable shade of the season.
But if I was to remember 2017 for one thing, it would be for the breadth and diversity of our travels. 2017 saw us setting foot on African soil for the first time, and the cultural shift which resulted just a few hundred miles south of Spain is an experience which will stay with me forever. But similarly variable were the sun-baked lands of Sicily whose Eastern shores we explored in June. Whether it be the explosive volcanic soils surrounding Etna or the proliferation of baroque architecture peppering the ancient towns, Sicily was a true hot bed of unique creative and natural passions. Then there were the lush vineyards of Tuscany, the ochre glow of Aix, aperol spritz in Siena, the great stags of Windsor…
So scan your eyes over the photos above and below and bask in a glorious plethora of multicoloured captures – clear evidence of a year which punched above its weight in scintillating sites and alluring appeal. It was a year of great holidays, but also of staycations too – a warm and balmy English summer provided us with the perfect excuse to explore the leafy gardens of South West London and enjoy the very visible changes of the English seasons, from floral Spring in Battersea Park to an auburn Autumn on Clapham Common.
Now the seasonal chapter is shifting once again. Christmas is over and the days of wintery cold have just begun. But just as I reflect with relish upon this last year in its final fading hours, I look forward with anticipation to the year soon to come. New sights, news sensations, and another cycle of seasonal variations has started all over again.
- Marseille urbanscape
- Sunset in Mallorca
- Sleepy afternoon in Bolgheri
- Italian Grasses
- Birthday baroque
- Catania fish market
- Cactus detail
- St Petersburg Palace Tree
- Balcony in shades of red
- The Atlas Mountains
- Sicilian Baroque
- Noto skyline
- Chelsea White
- Palma burning
- Marbella as the sun sets
- Opulent Catania
- Henry Moore at Battersea
- Patched up Aix
- George III
- Kew Hote House
- Noto baroque
- Spring arrives
- Clapham in the Autumn
- Sussex salutation
- Mediterranean stock
- Aperol in Siena
- Cassis sur la plage
- Marseille’s big wheel
- The land of Italy
- Taormina’s charm
- Rooftops of Tuscany
- Battersea Park
- Sunset in Marseille
- Etna rock in Ragusa
- Battersea
- Colours of Castagneto
- The Guard at Windsor
- Rolling hills of Tuscany
- Aix-en-Provence
- Moroccan gardens
- Cassis centre
- Chelsea Embankment
- Marrakech Pink
- Tuscany at its best
- Do not disturb
- The gentle shore of Castagneto
- Ravishing autumn
- The mosque of Marrakech
- Hampstead Heath
- Ortygia
- Bathing of the swans
- Winter sunrise
- Sicilian splendour
- Tongue out, Windsor Great Park
- Le Marché d’Aix
- Woodpecker in London
- Ragusa Ibla
- Modern lamp, Marseille
- Richmond
- Pure Tuscan Red
- The Majorelle gardens
- Modica, Sicily
- The old port of Marseille
- Taormina clustered
- Autumn
- Hallway at Christmas
- Modica skyline
- Marbella abstract
- Downtown in Marseille
- Tuscan landscape
- Marrakech magic
- Larger than life in Marrakech
- The Ancient Theatre
- Sun effect
- Eton
- Windsor
- Wimbledon Common
- Messy eater
- The colours of Spring
- Christmas at home
- Magnificent Malaga
- Autumn leaf-bed
- Peacock majesty
- Autumn mushroom
- Marseille
- Hampton History
- Marrakech spices
- Marseille silhouette
- Siena Duomo
- Tuscan Vineyard
- Bedroom delight
- Ham House
- Marseille on guard
- Patchwork stage, Sicily
- A walk on the Downs
- The Souk of Marrakech
- Japan in Kew
- Battersea spirituality
- The coast at Taormina
- Andalucian moment
- Moroccan Grasses
- New decor, London
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The photographs are gorgeous! A fine year indeed.. Changes are always good especially if they are an improvement. Happy New Year! Cheers🎉
Great vibrant photos indeed. Happy New Year 2018! Cheers
Wonderful set of compositions.
So kind of you to say, thank you!!