By Pascal Ollier | Opinion , Travel Photography
Photography, beyond the recreation, the pleasure, the excitement, may also at times serve a higher purpose, i.e. to report history. This article will humbly attempt to contribute to this mission. Enjoying a respite in the winter rain, I decided to go and visit Breendonk, a fortress surrounded with water built early in the 20 th […]
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By John Shingleton | Travel Photography
I just spent a very hot weekend at Bathurst for the 12 hour GT race which is held on the Mount Panorama road circuit widely recognised as one of the great motor racing circuits of the world up there with Spa-Francorchamps and the Nordschleife Nurburgring. Saturday morning was spent travelling to Bathurst over the Blue […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
Just an hour by plane south of Mexico City lies Oaxaca, destination for the many tourists who prefer the streets to Mexico’s resorts and beach life. Served by a small – some might call it regional – but nonetheless highly efficient airport. The heart of Oaxaca is definitely its Old Town. A world apart from […]
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By Steve Mallett | Art & Creativity , How-To
It’s 4:40 a.m. Light from the waning moon turns the bedroom a flickering ivory as scudding clouds open and close their shutter. My mind is a rat on a wheel thinking about gear. What to take and what to leave at home. In three days I am off to Australia to visit son and […]
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By AlanMacKenzie | Travel Photography
I’ve been lurking on DearSusan for some time and have thus far restrained myself to an occasional comment or two. No more! Despite an abundance of Impostor Syndrome when waxing philosophical I’ll give it a go. I’ve been doing photography for a long time, once as a news photographer and then in pursuit of artistic […]
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By John Shingleton | Travel Photography
This is not a story about an undestination but about Romania, a country which is visited by many tourists but which is far from being overrun by them and which, for me in Australia, is most definitely not front of mind as a holiday destination. Like many East European countries Romania has had a […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
A relative of mine wanted to see contrast. He currently lives in the UK, thus wanted to see some good (or better) weather that what he usually faces (no offence to our British readers) over the Xmas period. Having started to look late, there was not much choice left until I came across availability both […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
I’m writing the beginning of this article in an AirBnB in the elegant La Condesa suburb of Mexico City. The trip is a family adventure – I might not have had reason come here otherwise. It’s a vast city – as you’d expect with more than nine million residents. And, despite all those souls, the […]
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By John Shingleton | Travel Photography
A few weeks ago, new DearSusan contributor John Shingleton, told us of an undestination in his adopted home (Australia). This time, he’s in the Middle East. *********************************************************************** A few weeks ago my story on the Berkeley River in Northern Australia was featured in DS as an undestination. I make no such claim for the destination […]
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By Nancee Rostad | Travel Photography
There are certain places in the world which pull you back time and again, no matter how hard you try to resist. For me, the list is long, so I’ll just mention a few: Paris; Edinburgh, Scotland; Santa Fe, NM; Tofino, BC; Bandon, OR; and now, Kyoto, Japan has joined the list. After my second […]
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