August 11, 2012 

Ayham Alruhban


Thousands years ago there was "silk road"...... Nowadays, we have our "Photography's Traveling Journal road" — in Lille, France.

The Journal has arrived at the home of the Olympics 2012... London; UK

July 24, 2012 at 3:58pm

Hello Everyone!

WOW!
Cannot believe I am actually now writing this after waiting for so long.
First of all I'm Emine, you can call me Em for short. I am a 27 year old mother, wife, daughter and sister.
I was born in North Cyprus, which makes me a Cypriot. Since the age of five I have been in London, which makes me British.
I got married at the age of 19 and although it was a young age, I met my soul mate and I knew that he was the beginning of the rest of my life. We will be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversay next month.
Five months ago I became a mother for the 2nd time. My first is a girl who is nearly six years old and I have been blessed with a little boy the second time. Becoming a mother was one of the best things I have done in my life so far. I am growing up and learning with them each day. They have added so much colour to our lives.

The location I have chosen for my picture is the 'Tower Bridge' in london.
In June 2012, to mark the countdown of one month to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic games, giant Olympic rings were suspended from the bridge. I thought this would be a great way to remember the Journal visiting London at such an eventful and important time where the whole world will be focusing on our city for the Olympics.

The most important thing I have learnt in life is to always, always be thankful and appriciate what we have in life.
There is always someone who has it worse.
I am gratful to be healthy and happy with people I love and care for around me.
Be thankful for the small things in life and stop wanting more. Life is too short and nothing is going to last forever. I intend to enjoy it while it lasts, because we don't know what tomorrow will bring.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the photography journey of the Journal. :-)

The Journal at Tower Bridge.

...and the Journal reaches England!

June 23, 2012 at 11:41am

Hello!

My name is Narahari Grama Srinivas. I’m sure you didn’t get that right the first time, so let’s just call me Harry. I’m 27 years old and I live in Bristol, one of the big cities in England. I’m Indian by birth and have been in England for around 3 years. I am an engineer and I have the privilege of working on the designs of the largest passenger aircraft in the world, the Airbus A380.

I have a wonderful wife and we’ve been married for just over a year now. She means the world to me. Soon after marriage, she moved to England to be with me and to support me. If I’m honest, I’ve been blown away by the sacrifices she’s made for me, and I endeavor to ensure that she’s happy in her life with me. The smile on her face as I write this tells me that I have not thus far failed. :)

Around 4 years back, I fell in love with photography. I saw the photographs that some of my friends/colleagues took and I was blown away. I did everything I could to learn about photography while I saved up for a good camera. Running around a field with a camera phone behind a moth didn’t earn me any ‘cool’ awards. When I arrived in England, I ran to the store and bought a basic Canon 500D (Rebel T1i for you Americans) kit. I eventually got fairly good with the basics. The best photo (or at least the most popular one) that I’ve taken was selected to feature on the National Geographic website. I love landscape/seascape photography and take a few shots almost anywhere I go.

In the 3 years that I’ve spent in the UK, most of my holiday or weekend trips have been to the Welsh countryside. When I got the journal, I immediately knew that Wales would feature in at least one (if not all) of my journal candidate shots. Fortunately for me, I had a welsh trip planned for the weekend after the Journal arrived (co-incidence? Or providence?)

The photograph that I’ve taken for the journal has been taken at a place called the Aber falls near the seaside town of Conwy. This place is around two and a half miles away from the nearest free parking lot and needs a fair bit of walking to get to. It’s well worth the effort though because on the way, you’re greeted by beautiful waterscapes.

Landscapes teach me patience and perseverance. While I can confidently say that I’m still a long way from completely embodying these virtues, they’re two very important lessons that life teaches me at more occasions than I’d care to number or remember. I find myself respecting anyone who shows these virtues without coming off as lazy!

It’s been an absolute pleasure to be a part of this journal, and would love to contribute to any such ventures in future. I’ve loved all the photographs posted in this journal so far, and I’m sure that before the journal reaches its final destination, many more beautiful shots will be added.

Good luck & God bless,
H.

 Picture by Narahari G S, 2012.
Aber Falls

Journal has arrived to Iceland

May 19, 2012 at 11:51am

Hi to everyone,
and thank you for being part of this project.



My name is Marketa Kalvachova and I am 31 years old. I was born and lived in the Czech republic for first 25 years of my life. I have one wonderful husband an we share together big passion for photography. We have 4,5 years old daughter.
I work as a professional landscape and nature photographer in Iceland.

Travel journal Krysuvik Seltun, Reykjanes peninsula

I have taken photo of the Journal in geothermal area Krisuvik-Seltun. I have chosen hot springs because it is charismatic feature of Iceland where I live for 6 years.

Elf houses

I have learnt in my life to do not worry about things which are not going as I want because when it comes the right time, everything becomes solved as should be.

Best regards and Happy journey,

Marketa

Marcelo Donadussi, Porto Alegre - Brazil

January 3, 2012 at 6:23pm

Downtown (Historical buildings)

Hello world, my name is Marcelo Donadussi, I'm 30 years old. I live in Porto Alegre since 1999 when I moved to Porto Alegre to get graduated in Architecture and Urbanism. During the course I started photograph for the academic work. Studying in the books I was fascinated to travel around the world looking at pictures that was took by the photographers around the world.

This is a great city to live for. The architecture is very eclectic as you could see on the pictures I took, specially on downtown, where the city where the city begun. By the way, the seasons are so straight, the summer is very hot and the winter is so cold.


I'm so glad to participate of this wonderful project. I hope all the world could visit Porto Alegre without moving by the couch.

Regards
Marcelo Donadussi
(January 2012)

Marcela Garza Sotomayor. Pergamino, Argentina

November 13, 2011 at 11:12am

Hi there!

I'm Marcela, I'm from Mexico City but I have lived in Argentina for 11 years now!!!  My family and I recently moved from Buenos Aires to the countryside, to Pergamino, which is 220 km away from the big city. I'm an English, French - Spanish translator (love my work!), but I'm also in love with photography... it makes me smile inside!! :)
I took the picture in a beautiful nursery I recently discovered near my house. It's a lovely place where I feel at peace and totally relaxed!! It has a beautiful landscape and vast fields of wheat, beautiful plants and a huge variety of flowers!!!

What I've learned in life is that... it is never too late to be who you want to be. Always try to get the best out of your worst moment; always hope to be a better person, meet people with different points of view (otherwise, life is too boring!) and try to live a life you are proud of. If you haven't done it, then have the strength to start all over again. I always try to think positive and be positive about everything. And my advise to you all is to always wake up with a smile on your face!!! It changes your day completely!!!

Hope you like my picture.
I'm sending the Journal to it's next destination, which I think is Brazil!!!
It's been a pleasure to be part of this project!!

Cheers,
Marcela

 Picture by: Marcela Garza Sotomayor
"La Chacra" Nursery-garden in Pergamino, Argentina

The Journal's trip to Chicago

June 27, 2011 at 8:16pm

My name is Anna Villarreal.  I am 44 years YOUNG!  I had several ideas for where I should photograph the Journal.  The Ledge of the Sears Tower won out simply because it is so amazing!  The cars down below are mere specks!  I have dabbled in photography and art since I was a kid.  I now have over 400 photos posted online and I have my own mural business.  Of the many lessons I have learned over the course of many years, I think the most important is to live an honest life.  That way you can go to bed each night with a clear conscience.  No worries!  I truly believe that what goes around comes around- the good you do ALWAYS comes back to you at EXACTLY the right time!  I have experienced this many, many times.  People always say that someone out there is looking out for me because they have seen how things have worked out for me.  I hope you enjoy my photo of the Journal as I have enjoyed the photos before mine.  I am very grateful to be a part of this amazing project and can't wait to see what the photographers after me contribute.  See you all on Facebook!

Fond Regards~
Anna

 Please get me off of this ledge before I get sick!!!
 

On top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, standing 1,450 feet and 110 stories tall. That's a boat down there!