Akhtar Soomro: Pakistan

Photo © Akhtar Soomro/Reuters-All Rights ReservedFull Focus, Reuters photo blog, seems to be regaining its footing amongst the remaining other large image photo blogs, and has recently featured the work of Pakistani photojournalist Akhtar Soomro.Born

Fred Canonge: Pehlwan of Benares

Photo © Fred Canonge-All Rights ReservedPehlwani (also known as Kushti) is a traditional style of wrestling popular in the sub-continent of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The wrestler is known as pahlawan which, interestingly for those who are etymologists,

Mitchell Kanashkevich: Vanuatu (And More)

Photo © Mitchell Kanashkevich - All Rights ReservedAs promised, here's the updated website of Mitchell Kanashkevich, replete with new inspirational imagery of his recent travels. One of the best travel, documentary and cultural photographers

20 free attractions in London

View galleryGreat Court of British Museum.Neil SetchfieldLonely Planet PhotographerView galleryWho cares if London’s hotels and restaurants tend to be on the expensive side? No city in the world has more free stuff to do. In addition to world-class museums

Next Week On The Travel Photographer

For the week starting Monday November 29,  the following posts are in the blog's pipeline:1. The work of a photographer with a ton of images of India, including one of the wrestlers of Benares. I had planned to post it last week.2. The work of another

Top 10 cities for 2011

Who doesn’t love a city? Lonely Planet has scoured the globe for next year’s hottest cities. Our top picks show that a city doesn’t need to be a heaving metropolis to get on the list. Then again, sometimes it helps. One of our favourites is the world’s

40 free attractions in New York City

Seeing the bulk of New York City’s biggest attractions can mean spending a hefty chunk of a trip’s budget on tickets. Empire State Building? $20. The Met? $20. The Guggenheim and Whitney go for $18 each. Even the Frick is $15. But there’s a lifetime