Lee Russell Wilkes

Two Years in Kathmandu (with a Nikon D7200 & Fujifilm XT-20)

May T Shwe

My friend May had a tedious government job. In her country, she had little opportunity to be before the camera. So, we did these. Find her here:

Planting in a Rice Field, Myanmar 2017

Street Photography in Myanmar (2015-2018)

In Defense of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Let’s talk about the Lynch film nobody saw and less people remember. In Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, you missed a masterpiece by one of cinema’s true masters. Let me tell you why. Anyone who was there at the time will remember the hype around Twin Peaks: the surrealist filmmaker behind Eraserhead, The ElephantContinue reading “In Defense of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me”

Urban Art Around Kathmandu (2019-2020)

Graffiti Around Hua Hin, Thailand (2020)

Love some good graffiti.

Crabbing on Hua Hin Beach, Thailand (2020)

In the early days of the current social apocalypse, I managed to flee Nepal, where I had been working since 2018. Nepal barely functioned at any appreciable level even during peak civilisation. The idea of spending the pandemic faced with its medieval infrastructure and incompetent social governance didn’t seem a winning formula for extended longevity.Continue reading “Crabbing on Hua Hin Beach, Thailand (2020)”

On To Have and Have Not – Lauren Bacall’s Finest Moment

Who was the girl, Steve? The one who left you with such a high opinion of women? Legend goes that Howard Hawks was so confident in his ability to make great movies he bet Hemingway he could make a winner from the worst of his novels. The result was To Have and Have Not (1944).Continue reading “On To Have and Have Not – Lauren Bacall’s Finest Moment”