Charlie Hammerton and Bandit: A European Journey with a Rescue Ferret
The travel companion in this story fits into a much smaller space than a typical campervan passenger. Bandit was a rescue ferret, and his ad...
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Travel Stories: Places, Projects & Unexpected Discoveries
Travel stories can begin with a landscape, a creative project or a small moment of curiosity. Explore the setting behind each story and follow the details that make you want to learn more.
Start with Charlie and Bandit: A Ferret’s Place in a Travel Story and Turkey’s Honey-Tasting Bears: A Viral Story in Context.
İbrahim Sedef’s Bears and Honey: A Beekeeper’s Camera-Trap Story
İbrahim Sedef's problem began at his beehives, not at a tasting table. Bears visiting his apiary near Trabzon, on Turkey's Black Sea...
Three Friends on the Pacific Crest Trail: A Fundraising Walk and Film
A long-distance hiking film has a wonderful way of making a vast journey feel close. Desert ground gives way to mountain country; weather ch...
Graham Hughes’s Odyssey Expedition: Around the World Without Flying
Imagine planning a journey where the quickest answer is always off the table. An ocean cannot be crossed with a flight booking, and the next...
Mihaela Noroc’s Atlas of Beauty: Portraits from a 37-Country Journey
A portrait can make the world feel both larger and more personal. You encounter someone whose surroundings may be unfamiliar, yet their expr...
Rich and Willow’s Van Cat Meow Journey Around Australia
A campervan doorway and a cat looking out at the day make a quieter travel picture than a race through famous sights. In Richard East’s Van ...
A Hotel Guest and Housekeeper Exchange Bedding Sculptures and Notes
A hotel bed can become many things in an imaginative photograph: a face, a creature or a small piece of theatre made from pillows and folded...
THIRDHOME’s Travel-Content Job Campaign: The Historical Offer Explained
In 2017, THIRDHOME advertised a three-month assignment that sounded like an unusually generous holiday: travel between luxury properties, sh...
Stephen Burke’s Rough-Sea Video from Anthem of the Seas, February 2016
Watching a wave rise outside a ship’s window can make the distance between a comfortable cabin and a moving ocean feel very small. A clip as...
Falcons in an Aircraft Cabin: The Photograph Behind the Viral Story
Rows of aircraft seats are familiar; rows of hooded falcons sitting among them are not. That contrast made this cabin photograph an instant ...
Marina Piro’s Pam the Van: Converting a Renault Kangoo for Travel
Open the rear doors of a small van and there may be room for a surprising amount of imagination. In the photographs of Marina Piro’s project...
Cassandra De Pecol’s Expedition196: A Historical Progress Report
Visiting every country is a goal so large that the planning becomes a story of its own. Cassandra “Cassie” De Pecol called her project Exped...
Liz Clark and Amelia: A Cat Joins a Life at Sea
A sailing story changes when a cat joins the crew. The horizon is still there, but so are a favourite resting place, a familiar routine and ...
A Remote-Controlled Tug Pulls a Passenger Through Market Drayton
A miniature tugboat, a floating seat and someone apparently having a very pleasant afternoon: sometimes a travel photograph needs very littl...
Skyscanner’s “47-Year Layover”: A Search Error and a Witty Reply
A long airport connection can feel endless. In 2016, a Skyscanner result gave that feeling a wonderfully absurd number: a layover of roughly...
Valerio Vincenzo’s Borderline: Photographing Europe’s Quiet Frontiers
A line on a map can pass through a meadow, a forest or a quiet lane. Stand beside it and there may be very little in the landscape to announ...
Twelve Countries in 24 Hours: Adam Leyton’s 2016 Transport Challenge
A train connection, an airport transfer and a short walk across a border can each be ordinary travel moments. Put them against one clock, an...
Driving Miss Norma: Norma Bauerschmidt’s Family Road Trip across America
Norma Bauerschmidt's road trip became widely known because it began at an extraordinarily difficult moment. After losing her husband and...
Jamie Ather’s Unexpected Brazil Booking and the Journey That Followed
Jamie Ather's unexpected trip began with an email confirmation he had not expected to receive. After a night out in Glasgow, he discover...
Jamie Ramsay’s Run through the Americas: Vancouver to Buenos Aires
Jamie Ramsay's journey began with a decision to make running part of how he explored the world. Starting in Vancouver in 2014, the Briti...