TRAVEL, MEMOIR, BrazilYamuna FlahertyMemoir, Travel, Brazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Boca do Acre, Ceú do Mapiá, Mapia, Santo Daime, ayahuasca, spirituality, street photography, purus river, acre river, confluence, friendship, journey, traveling, travelogue, writer, photo essay, travel memoir, travel photography, brazil, jungle, gratitude, explorer, storytellingComment

The Angels of Boca do Acre

Discovering the true gift of pilgrimage

TRAVEL, MEMOIR, BrazilYamuna FlahertyMemoir, Travel, Brazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Boca do Acre, Ceú do Mapiá, Mapia, Santo Daime, ayahuasca, spirituality, street photography, purus river, acre river, confluence, friendship, journey, traveling, travelogue, writer, photo essay, travel memoir, travel photography, brazil, jungle, gratitude, explorer, storytellingComment
The Angels of Boca do Acre
AFRICA, MEMOIR, SPIRITUALITY, TRAVELYamuna Flahertykassala, sudan, jebel totil, sufi, islam, muslim, travel, travel photography, documentary photographer, documentary photography, seyyid hassan, spirituality, travelogue, travel memoir, explorer, yamuna flaherty, portrait, jebbana, coffee culture, gratitudeComment

Last Night in Kassala

Finding the Value of Life in Sudan

AFRICA, MEMOIR, SPIRITUALITY, TRAVELYamuna Flahertykassala, sudan, jebel totil, sufi, islam, muslim, travel, travel photography, documentary photographer, documentary photography, seyyid hassan, spirituality, travelogue, travel memoir, explorer, yamuna flaherty, portrait, jebbana, coffee culture, gratitudeComment
Last Night in Kassala
TRAVEL, INDIA, CULTURE, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyzanskar, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, india, himalayas, padum, leh, road trip, monastery, monks, portrait, portraiture, travel photography, street photography, buddhist monk, buddha, isolation, dalai lama, prayer, landscape, mountains, phugtal gompa, phugtal, prayer wheel, pilgrimage, trekking, suitcase mag, holy road, pilgrim, travelogue, travel memoir, travelerComment

The Holy Road Less Traveled

Crossing Thresholds of Fear in Zanskar

TRAVEL, INDIA, CULTURE, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyzanskar, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, india, himalayas, padum, leh, road trip, monastery, monks, portrait, portraiture, travel photography, street photography, buddhist monk, buddha, isolation, dalai lama, prayer, landscape, mountains, phugtal gompa, phugtal, prayer wheel, pilgrimage, trekking, suitcase mag, holy road, pilgrim, travelogue, travel memoir, travelerComment
The Holy Road Less Traveled
INDIA, CULTURE, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna Flahertyindia, migrant worker, migrant, racism, bihar, bihari, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, changtang, highway, road workers, stereotypes, labourers, storytelling, photo essay, street photography, himalaya, high altitude, mountains, social stigma, marginalized, marginal, liminal, identity, tibetan plateauComment

Building India's Highest Roads

Migrant Labour in India’s Himalayas

INDIA, CULTURE, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna Flahertyindia, migrant worker, migrant, racism, bihar, bihari, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, changtang, highway, road workers, stereotypes, labourers, storytelling, photo essay, street photography, himalaya, high altitude, mountains, social stigma, marginalized, marginal, liminal, identity, tibetan plateauComment
Building India's Highest Roads
CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, CANADA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna Flahertymohkinstsis, first nations, indigenous, native indian, blackfoot, siksika, tsuu t'ina, paul band, calgary, alberta, canada, truth and reconciliation, healing, tipi, spirituality, storytelling, photo essay, portrait, portraiture, residential school, colonization, soaring eagles, protest, activism, cash starlight, justice, racism, aboriginal, dehumanization, elbow river, addiction, red road, drumming, drum, creator, round dance, justin trudeau, treaty 7, stereotypes, settler culture, culture, social stigma, roots, decolonizationComment

Mohkinstsis

First Nations Healing Camp in Calgary

CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, CANADA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna Flahertymohkinstsis, first nations, indigenous, native indian, blackfoot, siksika, tsuu t'ina, paul band, calgary, alberta, canada, truth and reconciliation, healing, tipi, spirituality, storytelling, photo essay, portrait, portraiture, residential school, colonization, soaring eagles, protest, activism, cash starlight, justice, racism, aboriginal, dehumanization, elbow river, addiction, red road, drumming, drum, creator, round dance, justin trudeau, treaty 7, stereotypes, settler culture, culture, social stigma, roots, decolonizationComment
Mohkinstsis
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna Flahertymorocco, fes, fes-el-bali, africa, tannery, leather, chouara tannery, souq, market, medina, doors, travel, artisanal, islam, kilim, UNESCO, merchant, art, world heritage, explorer, traditions, leather work, mosque, madrassa, photo essay, street photography, portraitureComment

Chouara Tannery

The Heart of Fes-el-Bali

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna Flahertymorocco, fes, fes-el-bali, africa, tannery, leather, chouara tannery, souq, market, medina, doors, travel, artisanal, islam, kilim, UNESCO, merchant, art, world heritage, explorer, traditions, leather work, mosque, madrassa, photo essay, street photography, portraitureComment
Chouara Tannery
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna Flahertyethiopia, abyssinia, travel, portrait, explorer, photo essay, street photography, documentary photographer, africa, christianity, fritata tree, tekeze river, nature, tree, survival, wag himra, sekota, amhara, highlands, rural life, simplicity, storytelling, humility, jesus christ, church, spirituality, pilgrimage, salt of the earth, jesus, aksum, history, horn of africa2 Comments

Salt of the Earth

The People of Wag Himra

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna Flahertyethiopia, abyssinia, travel, portrait, explorer, photo essay, street photography, documentary photographer, africa, christianity, fritata tree, tekeze river, nature, tree, survival, wag himra, sekota, amhara, highlands, rural life, simplicity, storytelling, humility, jesus christ, church, spirituality, pilgrimage, salt of the earth, jesus, aksum, history, horn of africa2 Comments
Salt of the Earth
INDIA, TRAVEL, CULTURE, INDIGENOUSYamuna Flahertynarikuravar, india, tamil nadu, portraiture, dalit, marginal, community, charity, letsbuildawell, gypsy, gypsies, poverty, family, family portraits, house, borewell1 Comment

When the Gypsies Settle

The Narikuravar of Tamil Nadu

INDIA, TRAVEL, CULTURE, INDIGENOUSYamuna Flahertynarikuravar, india, tamil nadu, portraiture, dalit, marginal, community, charity, letsbuildawell, gypsy, gypsies, poverty, family, family portraits, house, borewell1 Comment
When the Gypsies Settle
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyindia, south india, mettupalayam, tamil nadu, ooty, nilgiris, travel, taxi, family vacation, portrait, portraiture, street photography, photo essay, silver lining, indian history, colonization, hill station, unesco, monkey, chaiComment

If You Miss the Train

A Taxi Ride Through the Nilgiris

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyindia, south india, mettupalayam, tamil nadu, ooty, nilgiris, travel, taxi, family vacation, portrait, portraiture, street photography, photo essay, silver lining, indian history, colonization, hill station, unesco, monkey, chaiComment
If You Miss the Train
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyculture, travel, India, tamil nadu, documentary photography, photo essay, idaikattur, sacred heart of jesus, christianity, spirituality, religion, architecture, kol, kolam, portraiture, portrait, yamuna flaherty, rice paddies, tropical, south india, family, motherlandComment

The True Sacred Heart

Heart-Opening in my Motherland

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyculture, travel, India, tamil nadu, documentary photography, photo essay, idaikattur, sacred heart of jesus, christianity, spirituality, religion, architecture, kol, kolam, portraiture, portrait, yamuna flaherty, rice paddies, tropical, south india, family, motherlandComment
The True Sacred Heart
TRAVEL, CULTURE, HISTORYYamuna Flahertyghana, slavery, transatlantic slave trade, slave trade, gonja, dagomba, tourism, hausa, portrait, history, black history, africa, identity, salaga, northern region, portugeuse, black lives matter, black bodies, racism, intergenerational trauma, healingComment

Salaga Slave Market

On the Transatlantic Slave Route

TRAVEL, CULTURE, HISTORYYamuna Flahertyghana, slavery, transatlantic slave trade, slave trade, gonja, dagomba, tourism, hausa, portrait, history, black history, africa, identity, salaga, northern region, portugeuse, black lives matter, black bodies, racism, intergenerational trauma, healingComment
Salaga Slave Market
MEMOIR, INDIA, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyIndia, photo essay, street photography, documentary photography, ancestors, rituals, traditions, culture, tamil nadu, tiruvanamalai, head shaving, tonsure, tonsuring, sacred hair cut, letting go, spiritual transformation, release, Tribe de MamaComment

Hair Offering

A Sacred Haircut in Tiruvanamalai

MEMOIR, INDIA, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyIndia, photo essay, street photography, documentary photography, ancestors, rituals, traditions, culture, tamil nadu, tiruvanamalai, head shaving, tonsure, tonsuring, sacred hair cut, letting go, spiritual transformation, release, Tribe de MamaComment
Hair Offering
CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna Flahertyindia, culture, narikuravar, dalit, low caste, portrait, beauty, women, portraiture, girls, water, well building, humanitarian, social work, photo essay, documentary photography, street photography, caste system, poverty, social justice, sari, roam magazine, marginal, marginalized1 Comment

Untouchable Beauty

The Dalits of Tamil Nadu

CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna Flahertyindia, culture, narikuravar, dalit, low caste, portrait, beauty, women, portraiture, girls, water, well building, humanitarian, social work, photo essay, documentary photography, street photography, caste system, poverty, social justice, sari, roam magazine, marginal, marginalized1 Comment
Untouchable Beauty
CULTURE, INDIA, INDIGENOUSYamuna Flahertyindia, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, travel, tribal, beauty, traditions, brokpa, dah hanu, dah, costumes, flowers, portrait, portraiture, documentary photographyComment

The Beauty of the Brokpa

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

CULTURE, INDIA, INDIGENOUSYamuna Flahertyindia, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, travel, tribal, beauty, traditions, brokpa, dah hanu, dah, costumes, flowers, portrait, portraiture, documentary photographyComment
The Beauty of the Brokpa