Documentary Photography & Storytelling
I’ve been reading a lot recently about the reality behind popular blog posts and how the lives of travel bloggers in particular are glamourised to get more likes and shares on social media platforms. Of course, it can’t be denied that some bloggers hide some of the truth to spare their followers from having to… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: My Real Life
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.
Day 1 Leaving Manaus on the morning of December 23, 2015 was not at all what I thought it would be. It's midnight and I'm sitting on the top deck of the Amazon Star, the boat that will take me to Belém, thinking about how I was robbed last night. Just a few metres away… Continue reading Nomadic Life: From the Amazon to the Atlantic
Día 1 Mi salida de Manaus en la mañana del 23 de diciembre de 2015 no fue lo que me había imaginado. Sentada en la cubierta del Amazon Star, el barco que me llevará a Belém, casi a la media noche, no dejo de pensar en el robo de mi última noche allá. A pocos… Continue reading Vida Nómada: Del Amazonas al Atlántico
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.
Espero que mi toallita para la cara de La Sirenita distraiga del resto de mi desorden; no tengo mucha privacidad donde me estoy quedando y el lugar para poner mis cosas es el suelo. Justo ahora estaba organizando mi equipaje lo mejor que pude, ordenándolo contra el pedacito de pared que decidí iba a ser… Continue reading Vida Nómada: Me Siento en Casa cuando puedo Desempacar
I hope my Little Mermaid facecloth will detract attention from the rest of my mess; I don’t have much privacy and the place for my stuff is, well, the floor. Just now, as I was trying to tidy up my things as neatly as I could against the wall I’ve claimed as my own, I… Continue reading Nomadic Life: Home is Where I can Unpack
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.
Creciendo en los 80s y 90s, siempre me dijeron que podía hacer y ser lo que quisiera, y me lo creí. A mi generación siempre nos dijeron que el mundo era nuestro, que podíamos llegar a la luna si es lo que queríamos, que todo era posible; siempre nos dijeron que los únicos límites que… Continue reading Vida Nómada: Persiguiendo Cascadas en el Amazonas
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
Laura Restrepo Ortega 