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The group that travelled to the Northern Inca Empire

El equipo de FairMail Peru acaba de regresar de un viaje único a los Andes. En los alrededores del antiguo capital del reino Incaico viajaron con fotógrafos de Italia, Estados Unidos y Holanda, buscando los mejores tomas de la belleza local.

Este video de 4 minutos da una buena impresión de su visita a las ruinas incaicas, cataratas, banos thermales y el autentico mercado de toros.

Haga click aquí si también quieres viajar con el equipo de FairMail en un de nuestros próximos viajes

Juan Gabtiel showing his pictures to the local youth

On Saturday the 20th of May we are organizing an information session about FairMail’s photography trips in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The program starts at 4.30 pm.

During the event we will explain the concept of the FairMail Photography trips in general and go into detail about the specific upcoming trips. Also you can ask any questions you might have and meet other interested participants who might be coming along.

Registration for the event is required and possible via this link.

FairMail photography trip to Chachapoyas

In January 5 of the Peruvian FairMail teenagers set off to the Peruvian cloud forest.  Accompanied by 5 enthusiastic photo amateurs who had booked a place to come along on one of FairMail’s photography trips.

The destination of the trip was the “Lost Empire of the Chachapoyas”, a beautiful area in the North East of Peru where the Chachapoyas civilization reined until 500 years ago. They were one of the few civilizations not to be conquered by the Inca’s. In this area you can find the second highest waterfall of the world, a bigger, older and higher lost city then the famous Machu Picchu in the South and over 60 mummies from high placed officials.

FairMail Photography Trip to Chachapoyas

All in all a beautiful area to take pictures together. Of the nature, the local people and of the teenagers’ ideas for new fair trade greeting cards of course! You can watch the photos of the trip on FairMail’s Facebook page or you can watch the video of an earlier trip to Chachapoyas here.

Are you curious to find out travelling with FairMail is an option for your next holiday? Then register for our next Information Session about our photography trips.

FairMail photography trip: Travelling with the locals

Did you ever dream about visiting Peru one day, but want to stay away from the “gringo trail” and mass tourism? Then why not travel with a fun group of locals: The FairMail teenagers?

Helping the FairMail teenagers with their fair trade pictures

Twice a year FairMail organizes photography trips to “off the beaten track destinations” so the teenagers can be inspired to take pictures in new places. Per trip we invite 5 foreigners to join us.

Feeding our group with positive energy, sharing a passion for photography, fair trade or slow tourism and willing to help the teenagers shoot pictures for their fair trade greeting cards that will actually sell to customers in the countries where the travelers come from. A unique travel set-up, that’s for sure.

Travelling to beautiful off-the-beaten track destinations

For those interested to find out if a FairMail photography trip fits them we are organizing and information session on Saturday the 30th of April at 15.00 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. If you would like to join us please contact us for more details.

Do have a look at the video below of our latest trip into the Peruvian cloud forest to see what our photography trips are all about:

Urville and Diana taking pictures together on the market.

«Una oportunidad única para practicar tu hobby en los lugares más bonitos, con personas muy especiales, mientras que tienes la oportunidad de compartir tus conocimientos con las personas más especiales: los jóvenes fotógrafos.” Así el ex participante del viaje de fotografía Roel explica sobre su experiencia cuando viajo con el equipo de FairMail a los nevados de los Andes el mes pasado.

Su compañero durante el viaje, Urville, agrega: “Durante el viaje he disfrutado mucho de los sitios que visitamos, la comida, la población local, el tiempo pero más que todo de la buena onda en el equipo de FairMail. He reído demasiado con todos. También era muy chévere ver que tal motivado y entusiástico los chicos trabajan con sus cameras.”

Para ver si de repente usted también puede disfrutar tanto durante un de los próximas viajes de fotografía, organizamos un evento de promoción el sábado 10 de octubre 2015, de 3 a 5 de la tarde en Ámsterdam, Holanda. Usted se puede inscribir aquí.

Aqui hay los vinculos para ver más fotos de Urville y Roel durante su viaje con FairMail.

O mira el video de un viaje anterior aqui: