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São Tomé & Principe Eco-Paradise: Exploring the Unseen by Kofi Dotse

On Sunday, November 20th 2022, as I sat by the window seat of our car en route to São Tomé, I whispered to myself, ‘Finally, I’m going on an adventure I’m stoked for.’ São Tomé has always remained a wonder to me, especially because, as I like to believe, people hardly go there, and this was my chance to unravel the mystery myself. A significant factor in choosing São Tomé…

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Beyond Colour: The Silent Language of a City by Efe Edosio

Where words have failed me, photography has given broad expression, giving form to theimages I see in my head, making the intangible real that I may share with the world. By invitingviewers to see the world through my eyes, I aim to foster a deeper connection between theobserver and the subjects that inhabit my frames, calling them to see the stories I capture andencouraging them to discover new ones. By…

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Walking the Streets of Tunis by Doug Barnard

The camera opens on our guide as he introduces himself and the city he is set to take us through. His name is Doug Bernard and the city is Tunis. Filmed mostly on selfie mode – personalizing the narrative and experience, what you can call the first-person narrative – the video starts right in the centre of Tunis, a few walks away from the Catholic Cathedrale Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Tunis right…

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The Glories of Uzbekistan by Alessio Viviani

The time frame of this short film is exactly 3:17 minutes. But it features twenty-three unique images of Uzbekistan set to a mesmeric temperate ambient score titled ‘Emotions’ by Cinematic Sounds. Collectively, these images transcend even the lens that captured them. From the monuments in Tashkent to the mosques in Samarkand, and architectural beauties in Bukhara and the fortress-city of Khiva, UNESCO World Heritage site, they explore the glories that…

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Beyond the Sands by Irene Lopez de Castro

Perhaps we need a little introduction for today’s publication; it is necessary. However, the introduction is not chiefly about the artist we are publishing nor her work. And it is not meant to be misconstrued as an apologism or mere justification. It is meant to broaden our knowledge of the other forms of travel narrative. In our past publications, you have read travel stories in different genres of literature. But…

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