The World Cup kicks off tomorrow, and soccer fans everywhere will be looking to South Africa for the next few weeks for some heated competition and a chance to show off their national pride. And while the rivalries may be fierce, soccer unites people in a way that few sports can: All that’s needed is [...]
Granted my job is in photography division at National Geographic, so it is a given that I am fascinated by the medium, but autochromes are among my favorites. They’re extremely rare, as were only made for a limited time, and the photography method has a real presence and character. It is almost a hybrid of [...]
Patagonia is pure, dramatic nature–craggy peaks that seem to signal the end of the Earth (the tip of South America is nearby, after all); panoramas of grassy foothills, each topped with a single guanaco on the lookout for pumas; waterfalls and glaciers seeping into lakes colored a startling blue. Every windblown inch of it screams [...]
The National Geographic Society and Gowalla– the popular location-based social networking game–are proud to announce a new collection of trips featuring hand-picked destinations from the Nat Geo staff. Nat Geo’s “Gowalla Passport” offers 15 city walking tours, each with 8-15 spots to check-in with your GPS-enabled mobile device. If you visit every spot on the [...]
It’s easy to get inspired by all the things happening here at National Geographic headquarters. I typically get blown away at least once a day by someone’s research project, photography, or marvelous storytelling. But I have to admit that when I heard about a new project over a year ago from our Maps Division I [...]
