First Sight

POTTER IN RAJASTHAN, INDIA By Alex Johnson, HR team member

’This picture was taken while I was staying in Rohet Garh, a family-owned heritage hotel on the edge of Rohet village. You’re free to walk around and rub shoulders with the villagers as they go about their business. I watched this man at work and asked if I could take his picture. He was completely absorbed in throwing a pot, and I tried to capture this moment with minimal blur caused by the fast-spinning wheel. I like the brightness of his blue shirt against the dun background: the same pigment is used to paint houses in the village, and famously in nearby Jodhpur.’

THE AUGUSTUS GARDENS, ITALY By Laura Plansky, Italy & Greece specialist

“Founded by the eponymous emperor, the Augustus Gardens are a series of flowered terraces that offer some of the best views on Capri – an impressive boast on an island known for its panoramas. Even the path to the garden is visually impressive. Known as the Via Krupp, these switchbacks link Marina Piccolo to the gardens. The terraces and the path both look out over the rocky coast, the green island and the Faraglioni rocks, a trio of three limestone stacks rising out of the bright blue Mediterranean.”