Between Travels and Adventures
I’m really fine to say that I’ve always looked to travel to places where tourists don’t go.
During those fantastic trips, my daily concerns had nothing to do with those of a backpacker or an expat living in Asia. Looking for a wild camping spot because night is coming, has nothing to compare with looking for a bar for yourself and friends, or what to do for the weekend, or social network recommendations to “where to eat the best steak in town”, etc.!
The language barrier was also real during my trips and I’ve always really enjoyed it. Did I speak the languages of the countries where I’ve went? Barely some survival words! Do Asian people living in countryside speak English? Not at all!
In fact, this language barrier was making my travel experiences very authentic with the people I was encountering: who’s the first person who comes to meet me, attention to eye contact and facial expressions, who seems to be the chief of the hamlet, who looks curious about me or very scared, etc. All of these aspects and more, were crucial for me to live the best experiences.
Living such situations for months and months turned out to be incredibly rich in terms of human experiences.
Do the people I’ve encountered and taken photos of, even the kids, had ever encountered a westerner before me? With a little judgement: I’m really not too sure.
So yes, taking photojournalism photos wasn’t the goal of my trips. They were meant to be my souvenir photos, only.
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