Viewing the world through the sketches of graphic artists

In the age of instant click-and-posts, these artist-travellers slow down to document their experiences

By Benu Joshi Routh
Mar 07, 2017, 09:14 IST11 min
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<strong>Kriti Monga</strong><br /><strong>Age:</strong> 35<br /><strong>Lives in:</strong> New Delhi, India<br /><strong>Favourite Places to Travel:</strong> I travel without bias, but I do...
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<strong>Kriti Monga</strong><br /><br /><em><strong>A Good Traveller Expects Nothing and Finds Everything: June 2011 </strong></em><br />I was couch-surfing in Barcelona and found myself li...
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<strong>Chandler O&rsquoleary</strong><br /><strong>Age</strong>: 35<br /><strong>Lives in</strong>: Tacoma, Washington, USA<br /><strong>Favourite places</strong>: My travel blog focuses o...
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<strong>Chandler O&rsquoleary<br /></strong><br /><em><strong>Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington, US: April 2012</strong></em><br />Orcas Island is one of the San Juan Islands, an archipel...
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<strong>Allen Shaw</strong><br /><strong>Age:</strong> 43<br /><strong>Lives in: </strong>Berlin, Germany<br /><strong>Favourite places to travel: </strong>Russia, Finland, Czech Republic a...
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<strong>Allen Shaw</strong><br /><br /><strong>I spent hours looking</strong> at the tranquil lake. When it got cold in the evenings, I watched it from the warmth of the kitchen table of th...
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<strong><strong>Allen Shaw<br /><br /></strong>My quest for discovering</strong> new places, cultures and people through my sketchbooks has taken me to different parts of the world, but Rus...
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<strong>Ishita Jain</strong><br /><strong>Age:</strong> 23 <br /><strong>Lives in:</strong> Currently, New Delhi<br /><strong>Favourite places:</strong> &Eacutetretat in Normandy, France, i...
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<strong>Ishita Jain<br /><br /><em>Sacr&eacute-Coeur, Paris, France: April 2014</em></strong><br />I visited the crazy artists&rsquo market at Montmartre and got lost in the weekend crowds ...
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<strong>Ishita Jain</strong><br /><br /><strong><em>Mus&eacutee du Louvre, Paris, France: March 2014</em></strong><br />In 2014, I was lucky enough to go for an exchange semester to Reims, ...
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<strong>Antima Nahar</strong><br /><strong>Age:</strong> 39<br /><strong>Lives in:</strong> Goa, India<br /><strong>Favourite places:</strong> Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Isla De Ometepe, Nicar...
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<strong>Antima Nahar<br /></strong><br /><strong><em>Isla De Ometepe, Nicaragua: 2008-09</em></strong><br />In 2008 I went backpacking in South America for five months. Every single day was...
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