Documentary Photography & Storytelling
Antes de llegar a Fortaleza me estaba sintiendo un poco atrapada en Barreirinhas; no me sentía en casa y me la pasaba soñando con la playa y los Lençóis Maranhenses, un parque nacional en el estado brasileño de Maranhão. El parque cuenta con 155,000 hectáreas de desierto de arenas blancas, y durante la temporada de… Continue reading Mi Vida Nómada: Encontrando mi Libertad en la Naturaleza
Before I reached Fortaleza, I was feeling a bit stuck in Barreirinhas, not feeling quite at home, dreaming of the beach and the Lençóis Maranhenses, a national park in Brazil’s state of Maranhão. The park is made up of 155,000 hectares of white sand desert, and during the rainy season, hallucinating lagoons fill up the… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: Finding Freedom in Nature
The Lençóis Maranhenses are a national park in Brazil’s state of Maranhão which is made up of 155,000 hectares of white sand desert.
Belem is located at the mouth of the Tapajos (Amazon) River on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast.
Photographs of my second boat trip in Brazil, from Manaus, in the Amazon, to Belém, on the mouth of the Tapajós River near the Atlantic coast. Read the story of this journey here./Fotografías de mi segundo viaje en barco en Brasil, de Manaus, en el estado de Amazonas, a Belém, en la desembocadura del río… Continue reading Stories That Cross Boundaries: From the Amazon to the Atlantic
Located in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, Manaus is home to 2.5 million people and spreads out over 11,000 km² along the banks of the Rio Negro.
Presidente Figueiredo is a small city of just over 30,000 people, located around 100 km north of Manaus, the state capital of Amazonas in Brasil.
Photographs of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, from Santa Marta and its beautiful beaches in the north to the islands near Cartagena and popular tourist spot, Tolu further south.
As 2015 comes to a close here in Belém, on Brazil's north-east, I sat by the Amazon River to think about the past year and all the amazing places I was lucky enough to visit. I've been so blessed to do what I love and spend it with the people I love this year, so… Continue reading Best of 2015 Travels
Desde la primera vez que visité Nuquí, en la costa Pacífica de Colombia, me enamoré de su arena negra y su selva color esmeralda reflejada en las aguas cristalinas de los ríos y el mar. Pero entre los meses de junio y noviembre este rincón mágico del país es aún más especial, siendo el lugar… Continue reading Nuquí: Whales
Laura Restrepo Ortega 