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11 Photos From Madrid’s Cuesta de Moyano Book Stall Row

posted in Books, Bookstores, Spain on October 27, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

And a brief introduction to Polish interwar poet and novelist Bruno Jasienski, whose best known work is ‘I Burn Paris’.

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17 Photos of and Around the Elgin, South Africa Train Station

posted in Pic du Jour, South Africa on July 22, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Sometimes you trip into the perfect still life composition. Like this couch at the train station in Elgin, South Africa.

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25 Photos From the Saturday Market in Otavalo, Ecuador

posted in Ecuador, Photography, Pic du Jour on June 11, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Capturing the never-ending dialogue between the present and the past in South America largest indigenous market.

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45 Minutes at the Hanoi Night Market

posted in Pic du Jour, Vietnam on April 17, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A market similar to many elsewhere in the world, where women do most of the work and men count the money.

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Smiles du Jour – Edo, Nigeria

posted in In Transit, Nigeria, Pic du Jour on February 4, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

The infectiousness of laughter.

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21 Photos From the Saturday Market in Arles

posted in France on October 20, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

Colorful, vast and busy as advertised.

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Six Photos from the Marché de Passy, Paris

posted in France on November 11, 2024 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

From a quick visit on 8 November 2024.

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95 Seconds in the Bird Department at Doha’s Souq Waqif

posted in Birds, Qatar on May 4, 2016 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

If exotic chirping is your thing, then today’s 95-second mental health break is for you.

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20 Photos from the Port of Essaouira

posted in Morocco, Pic du Jour on October 7, 2014 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Here’s a selection of 20 images taken during a 22-minute stroll around the Moroccan port at Essaouira, including a shot of a fisherman who flung a fish at me. He missed, but I’m still glad it wasn’t one of the many massive conger eels found in the makeshift stalls that line the piers. Once the… Continue reading →

Moving in. Watch your head. And look out for the birds.

This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are trying to make sense of the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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