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...