Charlie and Bandit: A Ferret’s Place in a Travel Story
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.
Turkey’s Honey-Tasting Bears: A Viral Story in Context
A beekeeper, several determined bears and a table of honey: the ingredients of this story almost sound like a children’s book. The footage t...
Pacific Crest Trail: What a Mexico-to-Canada Film Leaves Out
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: 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...
The Atlas of Beauty: Mihaela Noroc’s World of Portraits
A portrait can make the world feel both larger and more personal. You encounter someone whose surroundings may be unfamiliar, yet their expr...
Willow the Travelling Cat: The Story of Van Cat Meow
For Willow, the journey was never just about the map. It was about a familiar person, a familiar home on wheels and the daily rituals that m...
A Hotel Guest’s Pillow Art—and Small Ways to Be Thoughtful
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...
Getting Paid to Travel: The Story Behind a Famous Dream Job
Three months of travel, luxury homes and a salary for sharing the experience: THIRDHOME’s 2017 campaign had a headline designed to stop the ...
Cruise-Ship Waves on Camera: Understanding a Dramatic Clip
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 on a Plane: The Context Behind a Viral Cabin Photo
A passenger cabin filled with hooded birds is not the usual travel photograph. When an image described as dozens of falcons aboard an aircra...
Marina Piro’s Small Campervan: A Home Made for the Journey
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...
Cassie De Pecol’s Expedition196: A Record-Sized Journey
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: Companionship Aboard Swell
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 ...
The Tiny Tugboat That Turned a Canal Ride into a Smile
A miniature tugboat, a floating seat and someone apparently having a very pleasant afternoon: sometimes a travel photograph needs very littl...
The 47-Year Layover Joke—and How to Read a Flight Result
A long airport connection can feel endless. In 2016, a Skyscanner result gave that feeling a wonderfully absurd number: a layover of roughly...
Borderline: Valerio Vincenzo’s Photographs of Peaceful Borders
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...
12 Countries in 24 Hours: Adam Leyton’s 2016 Journey
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: A Family Road Trip About What Matters
Norma Bauerschmidt's road trip became widely known because it began at an extraordinarily difficult moment. After losing her husband and...
An Accidental Ticket to Brazil, and a Better Way to Say Yes
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 17,000 km Run Through the Americas
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...