Travel Photography and ‘Writing With Light’

There is a bond between travel writers and photographers that goes beyond cravings for weird food and questionable style (I’m thinking of the convertible pants/shorts I own). You see, “photography” literally means “writing with light.”

Think of the implications: Writers have their keyboards (electronic typewriters). Now we photographers have our light writers. Or think of the people on our travels who don’t want to be photographed. Who’d ever say no to, “may I make a light writing of you?”

Seriously, though, when we photographers think of ourselves as writers, we make better photographs; like writers with words, the best photographers write compelling stories with images.

Photo by Maki Kawakita

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