Journal of photographer Flemming Bo Jensen

Photographer, Time Traveler, Writer and Nomad

Posts from the “Travel” Category

Peru Photo Essay: Christmas in the barrios

Posted on January 17th, 2012

“Stop!!!!” – I am quite sure it was Amy who first screamed what we all wanted, to stop the car. We had just spotted these wonderful people dressing up in the ‘barrios’ neighborhood of the town of Arequipa. Out jumps 9 photographers, like a task force, causing quite a stir. Fortunately the incredibly cool and nice people loved having 9 photographers documenting their small intimate Christmas festival, one of my favourite events in the entire workshop and unscripted, entirely by chance that we happened to be passing by. They invited us to stay and partake in the festivities, wanting to share their food and beer. What incredible hospitality, 9 photographers show up and they instantly invites us in to dinner. Peruvians are cool. This…

Categories: Peru, Photo, Photography, Portrait, South America, Travel

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The Road

Posted on October 13th, 2011

I am driving in the desert. Just driving. The road runs straight as an arrow to infinity. Makes me feel safe. Feel less. The desolate nothingness is overwhelming and pleasingly numbing. Calms the storm. The hypnotic hum of the wheels mix in with the music. Drown out the voices. The car has become an extension of me. I feel in control. Driving the car pauses just enough brain cells to halt the free fall. A fast moving car turns out to be a perfect place to forget about my problems. The desert is my sole companion. My only conversation for a month was provided by border patrol officers–pulled me over near Mexico. I pass small towns. There is a world happening somewhere but I…

Categories: Arizona, California, Landscape, Nevada, New Mexico, Panorama, Photography, Travel, USA, Utah

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James Price Point video and Exhibition

Posted on September 27th, 2011

If visitors arrived from another planet and took an overall view of our common problems, I presume they would tell us “overpopulation, lack of drinking water, lack of food, and you are ruining your own home, your planet”. Now; it would be naive to think we can do without the natural resources of our planet such as natural gas, but we must act in a sustainable way, and not succumb to greed and short sighted solutions – such as placing the world’s largest gas hub right in one of the world’s few remaining areas of wilderness. Having previously blogged about James Price Point perhaps you are already familiar with the campaign to save James Price Point and have the world’s largest gas hub built…

Categories: Australia, Broome, Kimberley, Landscape, Outback, Panorama, Photo, Photography, Travel

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Asia Stories book release

Posted on September 9th, 2011

  I am proud to present my book Asia Stories featuring stories from Papua New Guinea, Laos and Cambodia. The images in this book contain some of the stories that have affected me deeply during the first two years of my life on the road. The experiences I gathered, people I met, places I visited, and lessons I learnt, changed me almost completely. Little exists of the person I was before. The books is 138 pages, hardcover with dust jacket and printed on gorgeous thick Mohawk uncoated cotton paper with a lovely textured art feel to it. Watch a video about the book: Asia Stories is for sale via Blurb.com, you order the book directly on the Blurb website and the book is shipped…

Categories: Cambodia, Landscape, Laos, Panorama, Papua New Guinea, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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The town of Pangkalan Bun

Posted on August 19th, 2011

All my sensory inputs are experiencing firsts. My nose detects a unique mixture of tropical humidity, heat, people, teak wood huts, spices, fried meat, fish, vegetables, sewage and diesel exhaust from boats. The colours are vibrant and rich. Everything is painted in saturated tones, longboats, huts and clothes. Colourful advertisement posters are utilised as decoration. It seems all the colours of the world has gathered to party in this town. The river is life, the river is where the children swim, where the laundry is done, where the sewage floats, where the longboats’ engine puffs black smoke, where fishing is done; the river is the source of all activity. The river is alive with sounds, children laughing, people talking, cooking food, hanging out, water…

Categories: Landscape, Panorama, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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Nomad Magazine issue 1 – Home

Posted on July 23rd, 2011

It is exciting to present my first publication, a magazine called Nomad featuring stories and images from my on-going journey as a nomad photographer. The first story of Nomad focuses on the subject of ‘Home’. What is home to a nomad? What is the feeling of home? Featuring 30 images of homes captured by me around the world to show the many different ways in which we live. Price is only $20 – click here to purchase on the magcloud website. Below is a video of the magazine. PS. Yes, I ended up breaking my own rule of no self-promotion rather quickly. And I need to wave my arms around a little less on video!

Categories: Landscape, Panorama, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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Home

Posted on July 4th, 2011

HOME. It is more than a place, more than a location. It is a feeling and a state of mind. Home is usually associated with many memories. Home can be a place you are very attached to. Home can be filled with stuff that helps you define who you are and your relation to the world. ‘Home is where the heart is’ goes the saying, although I am not entirely certain what this means. ‘This place feels like home’ is another saying, one I have said myself on occasions. In reality it makes little sense as I find we always tend to say this almost right upon arriving. What then is the feeling of home? The feeling of home is no doubt very important…

Categories: Africa, Bangkok, California, Cambodia, Copenhagen, Denmark, Kenya, Landscape, Laos, Panorama, Papua New Guinea, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Thailand, Travel, USA

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Changes

Posted on June 28th, 2011

Changes. I feel my blog has become stale over the past months and a change is needed. I no longer wish to feature any sort of boring self-promotion (I am sick of self-promotion) nor much in the way of technical posts (there are other sites excelling in that). And my latest images can always be viewed in my Recent Works gallery. I want to tell personal stories about me and my present life as a nomad photographer. I always struggle with the idea why anyone would be interested in my life and thoughts, but then again when you read my blog I want the words and images to mean something. These personal stories I also very much enjoy writing, but I have to be…

Categories: Photo, Photography, Travel

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Back to Cambodia

Posted on June 24th, 2011

Cambodia was a whirlwind tour of photography for me but an incredible charming country that left a lasting impression. I am considering returning later this year to capture more portraits of the fantastic people of Cambodia. Angkor Wat deserves many visits, it is the most awe-inspiring of places. I recently processed two images from Cambodia in Capture One: These two images are straight out of Capture One with only sharpness added in Photoshop after resizing. I am teaching myself Capture One as I’m assisting a friend who uses Capture One for his work including shooting tethered on site. I am quite impressed by the tethering feature, it works really well. As an expert Lightroom user there are quite a few features that I miss…

Categories: Cambodia, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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