Retirement can become rather dull for many senior citizens. But not to Marina Badianova, a 58-year-old from St. Petersburg, who's very active in creating her own cosplays with the help of a few talented photographers.
Isolated in the middle of the Burmese countryside, the small village of Indein next to the Inle lake in Myanmar is only reachable by a one hour ride in a canoe. When you come alongside this area, you have the chance to discover more than a hundred tiny pagodas (or stupas) that surround a path of stairs leading to the top of the village.
To be honest, I've been to lots of European villages, but it was a truly marvelous and fabulous fairytale place I have ever seen before!
In today’s social media game, simple selfies just don’t cut it anymore. The competition for attention is fierce and in order to keep eyeballs locked, some are stepping up their game. This is what I learned when I accidentally stumbled upon an area just outside Dali, China and found myself in the middle of a […]
Bulunkul is a very small and isolated town of 306 people that live deep within the High Pamirs in Central Asia. The people of the town live off of little more than yak and grain but are also some of the happiest I’ve ever met. Earlier this year, my brother and I went to Georgia […]
The region of Trás os Montes in Portugal, which in English means "behind the mountains", is known for villages with less than 10 inhabitants. There are cases of only 1 person residing in the whole village.
My schoolmate Rita told me about an extraordinary woman she knows. I thought to myself, "How? All year around alone in the village?”. It surprised me so much that soon I was on my way to Pskov's region in Russia.
My schoolmate Rita told me about an extraordinary woman she knows. I thought to myself, "How? All year around alone in the village?” It surprised me so much that soon I was on my way to the Pskov region in Russia.
Unity over adversity. It’s a running theme in the story of Tombohuaun, translation “Tombo’s Wound,” a remote village tucked into the jungle of Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province. The community’s founding legend states that a villager named Tombo cut his foot on a catfish in the river, and the then chief ordered the fish to be […]
Photographer Una Salimovic hails from Bosnia and presented to us her special black and white photo project called "Messing with Hay." The project showcases and plays with shapes, tones, and people as they go about working with hay to maintain a village stable.
Since I've bought my first drone, a DJI Mini2, I'm totally blown away by how the world looks from above. In this series of photos, I've captured the surroundings of the village Pesteana and Transylvania Log Cabins village retreat.
I encountered scarecrows for the first time after I started photography when my mother passed away and I lost my home. I got fed up with my everyday life and left my hometown, where I was born and grew up.
My schoolmate Rita told me about an extraordinary woman she knows. I thought to myself, "How? All year around alone in the village?”. It surprised me so much that soon I was on my way to Pskov's region in Russia.
The region of Trás os Montes, in English means behind the mountains. It is a region with a strong personality. Many people still carry the same lifestyle of the fifties.
A photojournalist operating in a small town sustained a serious injury after he was run over by the mayor's truck during a dispute over parking. [Read More]
Retirement can become rather dull for many senior citizens. But not to Marina Badianova, a 58-year-old from St. Petersburg, who's very active in creating her own cosplays with the help of a few talented photographers.
In my travels, I often see abandoned or dying towns and villages. Older generations are passing away, while the younger ones are leaving their homeland and looking for a better life in big cities. Abandoned houses, furniture, books, other things slowly die and dissolve in the wild and beautiful nature.
To be honest, I've been to lots of European villages, but it was a truly marvelous and fabulous fairytale place I have ever seen before!
My name is Danyal. My hobby is to capture the beauty of nature in my pictures. I wish to travel and photograph as many places as I can and hopefully sell my work.
I encountered scarecrows for the first time after I started photography when my mother passed away and I lost my home. I got fed up with my everyday life and left my hometown, where I was born and grew up.
Traveling to my memories, to my hometown...
My village is in the region of Trás-os-montes in Portugal. In English it means between mountains. It is a fascinating region, very archaic, full of personality.