Rob Pinney — Photographer
Travel Portfolio 2015
Istanbul
— Istanbullus fishing from Galata Bridge at sunset.
— One of Istanbul’s iconic ferries departs from Karaköy, headed across the Bosphorus to Kadiköy on Istanbul’s Asian side.
— A commuter leans against the railings on one of Istanbul’s ferries as it leaves Kadiköy at dusk.
— A mother and her son climb one of the steep cobbled streets in Balat, Istanbul’s historic Jewish quarter.
— Istanbul’s sprawling residential suburbs at dusk.
— Pide and lahmacun at Ortaklar, a traditional lokanta.
— Photographing two of Istanbul’s many street cats on the northern end of Galata Bridge.
— The shop front of a wheel dealership in Beyoğlu.
— The beautiful, dated interior of one of Istanbul’s commuter ferries.
— Phone boxes in Kadiköy.
— A packed ferry waits to leave Eminonu.
— Kids playing football on one of Balat’s cobbled streets.
— Children playing inside the Blue Mosque.
— Commuters look out towards the Marmara Sea.
— Hundreds of pigeons gather outside Yenii Cami (The New Mosque).
— Fishing at dusk from Galata Bridge.
Sri Lanka
— A giant Hanuman statue outside a temple on the Jaffna Peninsula.
— Pilgrims gathered at Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura.
— People bathing in Tissa Wewa, also known simply as ‘tank’, in Anuradhapura.
— Music and dance greets a procession bringing Amman into Sri Muthumariamman Temple, Valvettithurai.
— Vegetable sellers in Kandy Municipal Market, Kandy.
— Pilgrims at Temple of the Tooth, Kandy; School children hurry past Kandy Lake.
— A couple cool off in the water at the beach on Galle Face Green, Colombo.
— Spectators watching Jaffna Central College play in a football tournament.
— ‘We’re champions!’
— Fishing boats docked at Point Pedro on the Jaffna Peninsula.
— The remnants of a travelling funfair, Jaffna.
— Nallur Temple, Jaffna; Kandy Municipal Market, Kandy.
— Two men stand for a portrait at a food market in Jaffna.
— Inside Jaffna Public Library, Jaffna.
— A man cycles past the remains of a house destroyed by the tsunami in 2004, Point Pedro.
— Tsunami damage, Point Pedro.
— War damage, Jaffna.
Rob Pinney is a freelance documentary and travel photographer based out of London. He graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 2011, and has just completed an MA in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. His work has been published in a number of national and international publications including The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, Red Pepper, Le Monde Diplomatique and Amnesty International’s Human Rights Defender.
All images © Rob Pinney, 2015
www.robpinney.com