Month: October 2015

November 2016 Competition – Win A Luxurious Fine-Art Print ‘San Isidoro Poppies’

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Each month commencing November 2016 we will be giving away a fabulous luxury fine-art print 24′ x 16′ complete with an autographed by Geoff ivory white coloured mount.

Printed on Hahnemühle Matt FineArt Museum Etching 350gsm media the highest-quality luxury traditional media available. Worth 350 euros this is a genuine competition that will allow the lucky winner to obtain a Geoff Scott-Simpson signed print at no charge.

‘San Isidoro Poppies’

All you you have to do is email the correct answer to this question by midnight 30 November 2016. The winning entry drawn at random by my youngest daughter will be notified by 1 December 2016. No other prizes of a similar value will be offered.

Question: What is the latin (botanical) name of the Common Poppy?

Please send your answer to geoffscottsimpson@gmail.com

Please include your NAME; ADDRESS AND CONTACT DETAILS and rest assured your personal details will remain private.

Best wishes

Geoff

 

 

 

 

A Heartfelt Thank You

~ Geoff Scott-Simpson ~ 9 Comments

I would like to thank the hundreds of well-wishers following my recent horrific accident and subsequent serious injuries. A dislocated patella and snapped quadriceps tendon is not exactly a good situation to fine oneself in when working alone at 1900m in the remote mountains of the Sierra de las Nieves, España. Then there’s the 47-hour crawl back to the car over rocky terrain and scrub dressed only in daytime clothing and with night temperatures as low as 3c a few physical to say the least and psychological hurdles had to be overcome along the way, all designed no doubt to test my resolve and determination to survive. And before anyone asks I was out-of-range for a mobile signal. Then there was the little matter of an 18km drive to the emergency department at Ronda hospital; a 2-hour operation and three of the most painful epidural injections in the base of my spine you could possibly imagine. All in the days work of a professional photographer, NOT!

The operation was successful and I should be fully recovered in as little as 10 or 12-months, no doubt the fact the I am raw vegan and in good shape should ensure the best possible recovery in order that I can not only go back to my beloved mountains but play tennis again.

A heartfelt thank you to each and everyone of you it means so much to me as the slow road to full recovery ahead begins with an intensive rehabilitation programme. Looking at the positive benefits of time away from photography, well there’s now time to edit and process the thousands of RAW files on my hard drives, marketing and produce a new audio-visual presentation or two for my 2017 British & American lecturer tour. There’s always a silver-lining.

Sincere regards,

Geoff

IMG_1410 IMG_1422 Patella and snapped quad tendon

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