Traveler intern Daniel Bortz reviews City Island, an indie that’s stealing the hearts of movie goers and travelers alike across the country. City Island, a small community on the edge of New York City, provides a sharp contrast to the bustling Big Apple it calls its neighbor. Surrounded by the waters of the western Long [...]
Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedDue to the distance between the historic Sultanahmet district and Kadikoy where the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop was based, I wasn’t able to photograph much of Istanbul…except for some grab shots with my new GF1. However, some of us did manage to take some time and attend a folkloric dance program [...]
Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedPhoto © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedHere are two images made while traveling in Chhattisgarh and the neighboring Orissa. There were made using my first digital camera, the Canon 10D…remember that one? The first is of an Odissi dancer in Bhubaneswar. Odissi is one of the eight classical dance forms of [...]
Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedPhoto © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedPhoto © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedPhoto © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedDuring my Theyyams of Malabar Photo~Expedition™ in early 2009, I had arranged for a photo shoot at an ancient Vedic ‘gurukul‘ (or training/boarding school very similar to the Buddhist monasteries for novitiates, or a Muslim [...]
