Wandering North https://journals.worldnomads.com/eloycou/ Wed, 13 May 2026 23:42:34 GMT World Nomads Adventures My name is Eloy Couceiro and I'm 25 years-old. I'm from Asturias, a beautiful and rough region in the North of Spain, where I developed a deep link with the environment: the sea, forests and mountains. My father, an amateur nature photographer, helped me to know and love photography, and when I grew up and was admitted to University to study Audiovisual Communication, I discover the infinite possibilities and deepness of the medium. I was in camera department in films and advertisement for some years, but I grew increasingly disappointed with my work and with myself, and decided to quit. I'd come to understand that we don't have time to waste: we must pursue what really makes us feel alive and proud of ourselves; and I personally found that in documentary photography, in the exploration of the world. I'm already putting all my will to reach this goal, one way or another, but for me it would be a dream to get this opportunity. I'm a passionate reader of National Geographic, because I love the ideals it stands for: adventurers, pioneers and travelers are models for me. I don't think the age of exploration is over. After all, isn't that what makes humanity push forward? https://journals.worldnomads.com/eloycou/photos/42793/Spain/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Spain eloycou https://journals.worldnomads.com/eloycou/photos/42793/Spain/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/eloycou/photos/42793/Spain/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Thu, 4 Jul 2013 06:57:00 GMT 0 The sea bathes the rocky coast in the North of Spain with a mixture of vastness, violence and wild beauty. The coastline is sprinkled with little villages, where a very small population keep an ancient fishing tradition; but sadly, a fading one, due to the massive exploitation of sea resources by the big fleets and the contamination of the marine ecosystem. People in this places, they don't see the sea as a source, or even a lifestyle. For them, it's life itself. They have a relationship of both love and struggle, comrades and foes. A relationship where man still feels insignificant, facing this ancient vastness. I've tried to hint in this pictures some ideas and concepts about this relationship, taken along the Asturian coastline. https://journals.worldnomads.com/eloycou/photos/42638/Spain/Northern-Ports Travel Spain eloycou https://journals.worldnomads.com/eloycou/photos/42638/Spain/Northern-Ports#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/eloycou/photos/42638/Spain/Northern-Ports Wed, 3 Jul 2013 18:20:00 GMT 0