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The John Walker & Sons Voyager has departed Asia and sailed onto the Middle East and Europe, bringing to an end my HISTORY Channel travel and photography television series, Around The World With Voyager.

Hosting a TV show was a remarkable experience, and I am extremely grateful for the unique opportunity to step out from behind my lens and appear in front of it.  It was a challenging transition for me to make, particularly as I still had all the responsibilities of a photographer.  And although creating television is a completely different endeavour than making still photography, I definitely enjoyed the experience of bringing these two worlds together in Around The World With Voyager.

Without a doubt, the most rewarding part of the job was meeting the five icons a, learning about their lives, and documenting their personal journeys by photographing a definitive portrait of them at each of five milestone locations in their respective cities.

Across the four months of shooting Around The World With Voyager, I met with and photographed chef Sean Anson Xu (徐安昇) in Taipei, action star and movie director/producer Stephen Fung Tak-Lun (馮德倫) in Hong Kong, film director

Brillante Mendoza in Manila, fashion designer Raghavendra Rathore in Jodhpur and musical talent, Mỹ Linh in Hanoi.

Each of these individuals is a game changer in their own right, and I feel privileged to have spent time with, and got to know personally, each and every one of these remarkable people.  Exploring their cities through their eyes, and making photographs of them in each of these beautiful and meaningful locations was an experience I will always remember.

Visit my website to see these, and more, portraits from Around The World With Voyager.