Cultural Preservation Prints

A tourist inadvertently destroying the place he is visiting

West Australian mining industry

"I still liked it better when it was the Colosseum."

'Give them a right-a-way through our land and the next thing you now they'll want to put up condos, fast food places, parking lots...'

"And the last little piggy cried, 'Oui, oui, oui' all the way home."

Nature versus commerce.

"I'm beginning to regret taking this job at the local playgroup."

"We must rise up and claim our rightful place at the table of society! We must never rest until we are given the respect and dignity we deserve! Chica power!"

The Kitchen area of a Whitechapel Boarding House

A Highlander Chasing Dogs with a Knife and a Broom.

Cossack dancers

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

'Now, think hard about it: Do you want to be known as the one who ate the last Dodo?'

'I want to immortalise the area in a painting before it is changes for ever.' (Artist is scooped up by a digger.)

'Forget what?'

Piles of trash discarded by ancient people are a rich source of artifacts for archaeologists. I unearthed garbage dumps that advanced our understanding of prehistoric societies. On the island of Crete I found ancient trash that increased our knowledge about the Minoan people. And I recently uncovered informative Celtic rubbish. Please stop saying studying ancient cultures by what they threw away is "junk science"!

'Some of these traditions don't half linger on.'

Redecorating Easter Island.

He's the first Master Sculptor since the Renaissance also trained as a Mohel.

'Mary, I believe in historic preservation, too, but ... '

"Great for worship then! Great for retail now!"

'Don't the Italians believe in remodeling, Dad?'

Welsh Dragon

"I dunno...ask him."

Inventor of the Tudor spirit-level

"No flash in the ancient mummy gallery."

'Well, it's about time!'

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

"Your old Jewish mother with some pickled herring, sir. To remind you of your roots,"

Men chopping down trees. Underground, tree roots hold hands for support.

'Poor thing. He got left out in the acid rain.'

Pasadena Playhouse War

A sardine can combined with a cornucopia.

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar