The Traveling Photographer’s Manifesto: A Guide to Connecting with People and Place (Audiobook)

Your camera can be more than just a recording device. It can also be your passport to a deeper travel experience.

In The Traveling Photographer’s Manifesto, you’ll take a week-long photo trip to Vietnam, accompanied by a seasoned photojournalist. It's a workshop in audiobook form, except that it starts long before you board the plane.

You'll begin by learning how photojournalists tilt the playing field in their favor: pre-trip research, developing self-assignments, and making advance contact with the people who can open doors.

You’ll also become a more fluid photographer by tightening your gear pack and dialing in your camera skills. 

Then you go.

Once in Vietnam, you’ll reset your sleeping pattern to use jet lag to your advantage. You’ll take the time to observe and decode the city before lifting your camera. 

And then you’ll do the thing most enthusiast photographers avoid: engage with strangers.

If that makes you a little uncomfortable, you're in the right place. It's a learnable skill, and it will take you further than a new lens ever will.

Because locals are the gatekeepers to better pictures. Every new connection opens a door you wouldn't otherwise even see.

Photojournalists understand that the real leverage comes from balancing technical ability with human access. Most enthusiasts are strong in one, and underdeveloped in the other. This book works on both.

There's an open secret among professionals: the best part of the work isn't the photos. It's the access, the trust, and the experiences that come with it.  

The photos are just the receipts.

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David Hobby spent twenty years as a photojournalist, completing more than 10,000 assignments before spending another twenty years teaching photographers. The Traveling Photographer's Manifesto grows directly out of that experience.

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Unabridged · 7 hrs 20 min · Narrated by Trevor O'Hare · DRM-free · Plays on any iOS or Android device