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Gavin McJ

@bigskydaze_

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Producer @firecracker_collective | Cape Town | Facilitating + producing banging film projects across Africa.
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#locationscouting #pamirhighway #tajikistan #documentaryphotography #netflix #natgeotravel #documentary #filmmaking #landroverdefender #defender110 #4x4 by @bigskydaze_

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2 years ago

Back on the rather epic Pamir Highway in Tajikistan with The Llama, a South African Land Rover Defender 110. We drove the route twice over a couple of weeks due to border closures and a massive landslide that blocked our way back through the Bartang Valley.
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#pamirhighway #roadtrip #overlanding #landroverdefender #landroverdefender #alucab #southafrican #dronephotography by @bigskydaze_

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Missing the Llama already! Although I know it’s happily tucked up in storage half a world away & waiting for us to get back and continue the journey, it does feel odd to be so far away. Trips end but the journey doesn’t.
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#overlanding #landroverdefender #defendercamper #defender110 taken in Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey by @bigskydaze_

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4 years ago

I have a complete thing for an abandoned fuel station (or garage as we call it over here). There were so many great places across the old ‘Stans. by @bigskydaze_

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a month ago

Felt a lot colder than it was.
#cold #overlanding #landroverdefender #camping by @bigskydaze_

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a month ago

Some Blue Train sunset magic #locationafrica #filminginafrica #traintravel #firecrackercollective taken in South Africa by @bigskydaze_

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2 months ago

#filminginafrica #locationfilming #africa #dance #content by @bigskydaze_

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2 months ago

Ilha de Moçambique, or Mozambique Island was once used as a port and trading centre by Arab merchants between the 10th and 15th centuries. Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sailed into view in 1498, introduced flamboyant velvet outfits, extravagant headgear, Christianity and claimed the island for Portugal.

For nearly 400 years, the island was the colonial capital of Portuguese East Africa, positioned on the trade routes for gold, spices and slaves. By 1907, shortly after the collapse of the slave trade, the capital was moved to Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), and the island’s population declined rapidly. This mass exodus protected it from being savaged by modern development and effectively froze the island in time.

Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Island’s unique architecture, influenced by the former Arab, Indian and Portuguese occupiers, has been somewhat preserved. The island can be divided onto two halves: Stone Town, with its original coral based buildings and Macuti Town, which is made of more traditional Mozambican structures. Many of the structures in Stone Town, including the oldest standing fortress in sub-Saharan Africa. This is reached by a bridge that stretches 2km out to the coral island, where it sits at the mouth of Mossuril Bay.

Ilha de Moçambique is a really epic location, especially for smaller production teams or photo shoots. Lee-Ann was recently on the island for an assignment and location scout.

#locationafrica #location #documentaryphotography #firecrackercollective #filminglocations by @bigskydaze_

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2 months ago

#landrover #defender #overland #kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 #4x4life by @bigskydaze_

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2 months ago

Ahhhhhh. #season6 by @bigskydaze_

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Varzdia, Georgia. by @bigskydaze_

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We do love an abandoned place, especially if it is a rather brutalist Soviet affair. The Avangard hotel complex on Lake Sevan, Armenia, is one of these – a vast unfinished project that was deserted before welcoming a single guest.

The sprawling and somewhat over-the-top complex comprised of several blocks, including two high-rise wings arranged around an open courtyard facing the water.

Construction stopped before the interiors were completed, with the collapse of the Soviet Union killing all funding and the political will to see the project finished.

This is an interesting and unique location, in a beautiful setting.

#documentaryphotography #filmlocation #centralasia #armenia #sovietarchitecture by @bigskydaze_

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