A Beautiful Normal: Jack McDermott in Bali
Jack McDermott checked his bank account: He’d finally saved up enough money to buy his first camera. His family was going on a trip to Belize, and he wanted to make sure he had the means to capture his time there. At first, he focused on wildlife. He took photos of birds, squirrels, or any […]
Instagram Spotlight: Matt Cannon (@cannonmatt)
We feature some of the brightest Instagram storytellers in the Passion Passport community through our Instagram Spotlight series. This week, learn the stories behind some of Matt Cannon’s most intriguing photos. Mt. Bromo, Indonesia My visit to Mt. Bromo was unplanned. A friend and I found ourselves in Jakarta with only a few days left […]
#PPInParadise Instagram Challenge – 10/24/17 to 10/29/17
Featured photo by: @nazyxo Paje, Zanzibar, Tanzania The theme is #PPInParadise for this week’s Instagram challenge! What says ‘paradise’ to you? Maybe it’s a tropical beach island, maybe it’s a religious structure that took your breath away, or perhaps it’s anywhere you go with friends. Whatever it is, we want to see the magical, surreal places you’ve come across […]
The Mystery of Venice
It’s vanishing. Gradually ceasing to exist. “The bottom step used to be at the top of the water,” Luke tells me, a simple fact that makes me sad for reasons I can’t explain. I wonder aloud about how the city was built. He tells me the answer. Wooden platforms attached to wooden stakes driven into […]
Discovering Colorful Cartagena
It was the colors that drew Jin Chu-Ferrer to Cartagena, Colombia. Yellows and oranges and reds and blues and pinks and greens. Jin had been to some colorful places in the past — Hoi An, Cinque Terre, Tubingen — but Cartagena was up there with the most vibrant of cities. She could immediately see why the […]
Guide to Indoor Photography
Christophe Buiron was always impressed by the beauty he found in cathedrals and churches — the statues, architecture, stained glass, and paintings inside always intrigued him more than the building’s exterior. When he started photographing interiors, it was to challenge himself. He also wanted to showcase the inside of buildings that were typically only known […]
Travel Video: Prague Moves
Prague’s breathtaking beauty made Alex Soloviev’s head spin for several days, a reaction which inspired the theme of his video, “Prague Moves.” Alex says he wanted to show how much the Czech capital offers aside from its well-known monuments — which is partly why he chose to start and end the video with visuals of the […]
Around-the-World with Trisha Velarmino: A Q&A about Long-Term Travel
Trisha Velarmino is the founder and author of the popular blog, P.S. I’m On My Way, which chronicles her journey around the world over the past seven years. We caught up with her to chat about her experience with long-term travel and about what’s on the horizon for her — and for her passport. When […]
Exploring Sri Lanka
Some places are both nothing and everything like you thought they would be. When I stepped off the plane in Sri Lanka, a gentleman waved confidently at me, holding a placard that read “Miss Jade.” He already knew who I was, even though we had never met. His name was Amila, and he, apparently, had […]