With the ascension of Sultan Qaboos to power in 1970, Oman was propelled into the twenty-first century, fuelled and financed by the discovery of oil, as a country of the new millennium. Its transformation, aptly termed the "Renaissance", from a country with few schools, hospitals or roads to the present day has been controlled but spectacular. Where there were tracks around Muttrah, there is now an elegant Corniche, where there were simple houses built of palm fronds and coral blocks, there are elegant villas; where there was a modest population working hard to survive on fishing, herding and trading, there is a cosmopolitan mix of nationalities living in a healthy and prosperous environment.
"Now & Then - Oman" is a photographic insight into a nation whose fortunes waned in one region to be replaced by oil wealth in another.
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He was made a Licentiate of The Royal Photographic Society in 1990 based on the photographs in his first book, "A Day Above Oman". His photographic interest in history and archaeology was instrumental in the location of 4,000-year-old tombs on a remote plateau of Oman and was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is also a Freeman of the Guild of Pilots & Navigators and is now based in Dubai where he is working on further books in the "A Day Above" and "Now & Then" series.
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