Podgorica Is A Great Place To Do Nothing
I am terrible at slowing down. When I travel, I want to see as much as possible and…
October 20, 2013
The Unexpected Pleasures of Funky, Surreal Belgrade
Belgrade was my base in the Balkans. I was constantly in and out, flitting from festival to city…
October 18, 2013
Belgrade in Black-and-White
In Tbilisi, it was necessary for me to shoot in black-and-white in order to discover the city’s mysterious…
October 16, 2013
Mad Trombones & Surreal Sousaphones: It’s HonkFest!
Guca was not my first trumpet festival. For the three-and-a-half years before I moved to Istanbul, I lived…
October 11, 2013
I Survived The Guca Trumpet Festival
I dreamed of Guca for months before the festival ever began. But dreams and reality inevitably take different…
October 10, 2013
A Practical Guide to the Guca Trumpet Festival
I discovered the Guca Trumpet Festival through some fortuitous online searching. I couldn’t resist it– a days-long festival…
October 8, 2013
The Ancient Ruins of Ani
Imagine this: a land of vibrant green plains with a picture-perfect cornflower blue sky. The countryside appears deserted,…
October 1, 2013
Kars Is Sweet With Balyolu
In my imagination, Kars is filled with snow. Because, you see, Snow is full of Kars. My favorite Orhan…
September 30, 2013
The Simple and The Spectacular: David Gareja Monastery
There are sparks when you place the mundane with the insane. The common and the crazy sometimes create…
September 19, 2013
Leaving New Friends in Armenia
Leaving new friends is so hard. The beautiful thing about traveling alone is that it forces you out…
September 17, 2013