PORTFOLIO TWO

PORTFOLIO TWO: TRAVEL + LIFESTYLE

Baja California Sur. San Jose, Mexico

“One who was born by the ocean or has associated with it cannot ever be quite content away from it for very long.” — John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez

Cinque Terre. Liguria, Italy

The Ligurian Sea hugs the northern coast of Italy where lively painted villages contrast sharply against the steep, gray cliff terraces of Cinque Terre.

Venice, Italy

It’s easy to find yourself in Venice, lost on the floating wonderland.

Colorado-based travel and lifestyle photographer, Nathan W. Armes, visits Mexico, Italy, the backroads of Colorado, and byways of the United States.

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JOURNAL

The Battle of New Orleans

In typical New Orleans fashion, the battle features food, music, a dash of debauchery, and barrels of rum.

Born Again

1713, 120121
Hammock Beach, Florida Bay
Key Largo, Florida

Carry Me Back

Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be.

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee.

Zion

Zion National Park, Utah.

Please Welcome Bertha Overland

Just launched a new website focusing on vehicle-assisted overland travel and outdoor lifestyle.

Vernal, Utah

Down and out in a rocky and remote Vernal, Utah draw.

The Color of That Distance

"Lost really has two disparate meanings. Losing things is about the familiar falling away, getting lost is about the unfamiliar appearing."

Honduras

In Honduras and other Central American countries, drought and crop failure from climate change will hit the poorest hardest, exacerbating the immigration crisis. ⁣⁣

Land of Ghosts

Going through older work, giving a fresh look to a backpacking trip to Olympic National Park, photographed and written way back when. The Pacific Northwest is wild and remote, a perfect place to hunt ghosts.

FLT 2506

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FLT 2506. Between Denver, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia.

Carhenge: Eclipse 2017

More than 4000 years since the Chinese observed the eclipse of 2136 BC, millions of Americans are flocking to cities and towns along “the path of totality” to witness this celebrated celestial event.

Stella Blue

Cheers to Stella Blue, the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Though sold, a few years ago, this vehicle provided 197,000 miles of misadventure from Appalachia to southern Utah to northern Arizona. It rolled along in every condition, help crawl all over the Colorado Rockies, explored the Wyoming and Montana territories into the grander Pacific Northwest.

Radical Optimism

Optimism is our instinct to inhale while suffocating. Our need to declare what “needs to be” in the face of what is. Optimism is not uncool; it is rebellious and daring and vital.