David Enzel

South Portland Street Suspension Bridge over the River Clyde, Glasgow.

Opened in 1853, the cast-iron pedestrian bridge links the city center with the south side.

When traveling, I make it a point to seek out places of Jewish interest, and this quiet corner of Scotland holds a remarkable piece of history. This is the Jewish Enclosure at the Glasgow Necropolis. Acquired by the Jewish community in 1832, this small, walled section actually predates the official opening of the main Necropolis and served as the city’s first Jewish communal burial ground.

It contains 57 burials that took place over a brief period from 1832 until 1855. Because Jewish religious law forbids the burial of more than one person in a single grave, the small plot of land reached its capacity very quickly. As a result, it has not been in use since the 1850s. The prominent stone column, designed by architect John Bryce and modeled after Absalom’s Pillar in Jerusalem, stands watch over the ornate wrought-iron Star of David at the entrance.

Mural by Smug (Sam Bates), a Glasgow-based artist born in Australia. One of several large works animating the city’s central streets.

St. Andrew’s Suspension Bridge over the River Clyde, Glasgow. Evening light reflected across the water at sunset.

A bagpiper outside Glasgow City Chambers, the city’s civic headquarters on George Square. The Victorian building serves as the seat of Glasgow City Council.

Between flights in Keflavík on my way to Glasgow. A model aircraft in the Icelandair lounge set against a low northern sky. I hope to return and spend more time in Iceland.

Recent posts from my blog:

• Hiroshima: Memory and Restraint
• Tokyo: Order and Motion
• Auckland: Between Two Harbours
• Milford Sound: Power in the Mist
• Uluru: Distance and Presence
• Melbourne: Energy at Street Level
• Aoraki / Mount Cook: New Zealand’s Highest Peak
• Sydney: Harbour, Light, and Unexpected Moments

Some trips simply offer a change of scenery.

Others change your sense of scale entirely.

My recent time in Australia and New Zealand was the latter. Australia felt vast, ancient, and deeply grounded. New Zealand felt carved, steep, and impossibly pure. From the quiet expanse of the Outback to the exhilarating chill of the Earnslaw Burn Glacier, the juxtapositions were profound.

I have finally finished going through the frames.

The galleries are now live:

• Australia
• New Zealand

I made this photograph at the Hobbiton Movie Set in the rural Waikato region. What began as a temporary film set for The Lord of the Rings was rebuilt permanently after the global success of the films and later expanded for The Hobbit.

The mill and waterwheel were constructed to give depth and movement to the fictional village of the Shire. Today, they stand not as relics of cinema, but as part of New Zealand’s cultural and economic landscape. The films profoundly shaped international perceptions of the country, linking its rolling farmland and dramatic scenery to Middle-earth in the global imagination.

Hobbiton is undeniably curated — every blade of grass feels intentional — yet it sits within authentic pastoral countryside. It is a place where fiction and landscape intersect, and where storytelling has left a permanent mark on the land.

Auckland’s skyline seen from Maungawhau (Mount Eden), one of the city’s most prominent volcanic cones.

Maungawhau rises approximately 196 meters (643 feet) above sea level and is the highest natural point on the Auckland isthmus. It is part of the Auckland Volcanic Field, a collection of more than 50 volcanic cones formed over the past 200,000 years. The summit crater, roughly 50 meters deep, remains clearly visible and is considered sacred to Māori.

Long before European settlement, Maungawhau was the site of a fortified Māori pā (village). Terraces carved into the slopes for housing and food storage are still visible today, marking it as an important ancestral and defensive site. The name Maungawhau translates roughly as “mountain of the whau tree.”

From its summit, one can see much of Tāmaki Makaurau (the Māori name for Auckland), including the Waitematā Harbour to the north, the Manukau Harbour to the south, and the modern skyline anchored by the Sky Tower. The view reveals Auckland’s geography clearly: a city built across narrow land between two harbours, shaped by volcanic origins and maritime access.

Today, Maungawhau remains both a public park and a culturally significant site, offering one of the most comprehensive vantage points over New Zealand’s largest city.