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I am an enthusiastic award-winning amateur photographer based in the South-West of England with a real drive for creating a broad range of images.

I've been taking pictures for most of my adult life, but over the last 10 years or so I've started to consider myself a photographer in the artistic sense of the word.

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Split is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast<br />The city was founded as the Greek colony in the 3rd or 2nd century, before becoming the site of the Palace of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Later it drifted into the sphere of the Republic of Venice but was caught in the middle of a struggle between Venice and Croatia for control over the Dalmatian cities.<br />Venice eventually prevailed and during the early modern period Split remained a Venetian city, a heavily fortified outpost surrounded by Ottoman territory and to this day, it retains a distinctly Venetian feel about its architecture and culture.<br />This shot is of the monument to Gregory of Nin (Grgur Ninski in Croatian), created by the most famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. The statue cuts an imposing figure – myth has it that to rub the bishop’s toe brings happiness and the realisation of all your dreams and desires (there was quite a queue..
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Effigy - Andrew Newman Photography
Split is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast<br />The city was founded as the Greek colony in the 3rd or 2nd century, before becoming the site of the Palace of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Later it drifted into the sphere of the Republic of Venice but was caught in the middle of a struggle between Venice and Croatia for control over the Dalmatian cities.<br />Venice eventually prevailed and during the early modern period Split remained a Venetian city, a heavily fortified outpost surrounded by Ottoman territory and to this day, it retains a distinctly Venetian feel about its architecture and culture.<br />This shot is of the monument to Gregory of Nin (Grgur Ninski in Croatian), created by the most famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. The statue cuts an imposing figure – myth has it that to rub the bishop’s toe brings happiness and the realisation of all your dreams and desires (there was quite a queue..