what is gattageo?

Gattageo is a company dedicated to the expansion of the understanding of the Earth and of Geology through photographic images. Established at the beginning of 2016, we strive to provide images worthy of the beauty of our planet.  

All of the images on the website are available for lease or purchase - please use our comments page to express your interest on any of the images you are interested in.  Eventually we will have a custom-built menu with our rates and availability.  If you are looking for images from specific locations or formations, please let us know and we will advise on possible availability and timing.  We're also happy to consider custom requests.

Please don't hesitate to contact us with any other suggestions or requests, we welcome all inquiries.

Who provides the geology knowledge?
Andy Duncan has a BSc in Applied Geology and MSc (by research) in Sedimentology.  His geological career spanned over four decades and was inspired by an early love of minerals and fossils.  He has studied mining, petroleum geology and engineering.  He was awarded Chartered Engineer status by the UK Engineering Council in 1987 by virtue of his Professional Membership of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3). After retiring in 2021 he retained his deep love of geology and is constantly refreshed and invigorated by every new personal geological discovery.  For many years he worked in training and fieldwork and knows how much pleasure you will derive from our geological images.  He is one of the few geologists in the world with an intuitive, almost magical, feel for geological formations and will gladly share this with you. 

WHo's the power behind the throne?
The owner of this sunny smile is Kerry Duncan.  Kerry has a business major with a distinction in travel and tourism.  She is a freelance writer and popular blogger of travelogues among other interesting subjects.  Like Andy, she has traveled over half the world, often solo and always with excitement.  She worked for years at an international airport and is excellent with travel emergencies and problems.  Her counselling skills soothed even the most distressed passengers. This photograph of her, taken by Andy, in Baja, Mexico - leaning against some local granite - is featured in beautiful faces of men, women and children and mundo global de fotografias on Flickr.

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What's in a name?

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These precious little critters were the inspiration behind the name and logo of Gattageo.  Gata is Spanish for female cat and their Mommy (Kerry) is descended from early Mexican/Spanish settlers in California.  Daddy (Andy) is the Geo (..logist) part.  Gattageo’s banner is the beautiful striped tail of the elder cat, Mrs. Stripe, and that linked visually with sedimentary strata.  All three were rescued feral cats from Egypt.  Kerry and Andy volunteered at an animal shelter while living in Cairo and took the three cats least likely to be rehomed to our forever home in Texas.  A street cat in Egypt has an approximate life span of 2 to 3 years but like most immigrants they thrived and lived to be 15 to 16 years old. 
​Sadly they are all gone now but they were a testament to the resilience of well-loved moggies. 
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