Bruges is known as the Venice of the North, but the combination of canals and crow-stepped gables made it feel more like revisiting Amsterdam and the start of my transitional photographic road trip. In its calm friendliness, it also reminded me of Ljubljana. Bruges was my last stop before returning to the UK after 30 days and 6,500km. Its medieval centre is a World […]
The rigour and control of winemaking in France is taken to another level in Champagne. I respect the producers and like the product and I had visited Épernay a few months earlier to mark my 50th birthday. I drove the 570km from Zurich to see another centre of champagne in Reims and to photograph its magnificent Cathedral. […]
A circuitous route to Glorenza took me over the Julier Pass at an elevation of 2248m. As I moved above the tree line, the landscape became stark, rugged, lunar and I recalled the transition from forest to desert on the way to Zadar two weeks before. But this time it became colder. Glorenza (Glurns) is a charming and very well-preserved […]
I have spent the past three days in Sopron, Hungary, a beautiful town that I know very well. Paradoxically, this made it more challenging to photograph from a tourist’s perspective. This has helped me understand that my journey involves learning to accept places and people as I find them, including those that are familiar, and thereby leaving the field […]
On leaving my employer of 14 years and finding myself with some free time, I have embarked on a month-long transitional road trip from the UK to the Dalmatian Coast with my camera. I will post my photographs and comments here as I go. So far I have visited Amsterdam, Heidelberg and Salzburg. Here is a selection from […]
Colin Melvin 