Ecuadorian Amazon https://journals.worldnomads.com/pipstrickland/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:38:44 GMT World Nomads Adventures I remember looking through a book of Sebastiao Salgado and the impact his photographs had on me. I think this is the first time I realized that photography could be a completely different way of looking at the world and make people think differently about the issues the photograph presents. Although I am very new to this world, this is what i aspire to with my photography and travel is definitely my inspiration. Since i finished my studies in music and environmental science i have spent most of my life traveling, returning home for short periods to work and travel again. But it is only in the last 2 years that I have started to take a camera with me and it has allowed for the most incredible interactions and memories. I want to learn everything I can about this industry and the possibility of turning travel and photography into a means of living. I don't believe that your job should be something you do just to earn money to live the life you really want on your weekend. I think it should combine as many of your passions as possible and be something you want to wake up and do each day and put all your hard work and energy into. This is what I want from my life. https://journals.worldnomads.com/pipstrickland/photos/38067/Myanmar/A-new-Myanmar Travel Myanmar pipstrickland https://journals.worldnomads.com/pipstrickland/photos/38067/Myanmar/A-new-Myanmar#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/pipstrickland/photos/38067/Myanmar/A-new-Myanmar Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:05:00 GMT 0 I think I am addicted to travelling. Every time I return to Australia from a big trip I start thinking about where to go next. But it is only this year that I bought a digital SLR to take with me on an 8 month trip to South America. I am discovering that photography not only documents adventures but can be a really powerful medium for telling stories about life in different places. I spent 5 weeks volunteering at a research station in the Ecuadorian Amazon, carrying out animal surveys in a protected reserve, working with the local communities on environmental projects, and teaching english at the local schools. While the destruction and threats to the Amazon are widely known, the complexity of the issues involved and the conflict of interests were much more apparent on visiting the area, speaking with people whose lives it is impacting, and experiencing the impacts first hand. People there understand the argument of the western world that the Amazon should be protected, not only for its biodiversity but also as a carbon resource, but at the same time they want a better life for their families and children - access roads, schools, health care, agriculture and development - all of which mean encroaching on the natural environment around them, something that city dwellers like me take for granted. https://journals.worldnomads.com/pipstrickland/photos/29925/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Travel Worldwide pipstrickland https://journals.worldnomads.com/pipstrickland/photos/29925/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/pipstrickland/photos/29925/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:50:51 GMT 0