Holga Struggles
In April, I got a very special present for my birthday: A Holga. Holgas are plastic toy cameras…
October 30, 2013
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Budva, Montenegro: Booze, Boats, and Beaches
The summer was hot and getting hotter and I was ready for the beach—for those cool Montenegrin waters,…
October 28, 2013
World Music Wednesday: The First Mixtape!
CLICK HERE FOR THE MIXTAPE. It’s been three months of World Music Wednesdays on the Katrinka Abroad Facebook…
October 24, 2013
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