Fading away https://journals.worldnomads.com/carlostello/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:15:30 GMT World Nomads Adventures I have always believed that there is a story behind every picture. Funny anecdotes, love stories and sorrowful tales are all held inside photos; eagerly waiting for someone interested in hearing about them. That is to me the power of photography. Some of my fondest memories come from family meetings in which my relatives gathered around photo albums and reminiscenced about the past. It was impossible not to be charmed by their stories. I started taking photographs when I started travelling around my home country, Peru. Photos allowed me to show my family and friends how the places I visited looked like, what the culture there was like. When I realized that telling stories was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, I quit my job as an engineer and moved to Canada to study journalism. While in Canada, photographs again came to my aid every time I wanted to tell someone about my new home. Becoming a World Nomads scholar would help me achieve my goal of telling stories about Peru and its people to the world. Even though I’ve spent the past two years in Canada, a part of me never left my home country. https://journals.worldnomads.com/carlostello/photos/51993/Canada/My-Scholarship-entry-No-culture-without-traditions Travel Canada carlostello https://journals.worldnomads.com/carlostello/photos/51993/Canada/My-Scholarship-entry-No-culture-without-traditions#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/carlostello/photos/51993/Canada/My-Scholarship-entry-No-culture-without-traditions Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:08:00 GMT 0 I started learning about the importance of traveling when I was a little kid. It was my parents’ obsession to take my sister and I away on a trip each and every time we could. Seeing different places, talking to different people and experiencing different cultures made me realize from an early age how broad and beautiful the world is. Every time I returned from these trips, the first thing I wanted to do was tell everyone who was willing to each and every story I remembered about the place I just visited. That’s when I discovered the power of photography; every time words were not enough to describe what I saw, a picture came in my rescue. Last year I decided to fulfill my lifetime dream. I quit my job as an engineer and registered in a graduate journalism program in Canada. I have always thought of photography as the perfect companion of written and oral storytelling. By going away on this scholarship and being able to learn from Jason Edwards, I hope to perfect my photography skills. I want to be a better all-around journalist and I hope to tell stories in the best possible way. I want people to see the world through my images and get inspired by the stories I have to tell. https://journals.worldnomads.com/carlostello/photos/38333/Peru/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Peru carlostello https://journals.worldnomads.com/carlostello/photos/38333/Peru/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/carlostello/photos/38333/Peru/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:49:28 GMT 0