Close to yourself like never before – a lightbox of distance

The summer holiday block is upon us – the most beautiful time of the year as many go onto their well-deserved vacation. Wanderlust grows by the days. Our travel nerves make as power through the last days of the workweek –  desk empty, head empty, out of office catching the first flight.

Where do we go? To an ideal beach vacation or may it be a little more of an adventure? Close to yourself – away from everything that causes stress.

For their projects our photographers travel the world and never fail to bring us new impressive stories of freedom, silence, and distance captured in imagery that has us daydreaming:

…We take a bath in the Phang Nga Bay in Thailand and at the same time we deep dive into our well-being,…

Thailand, Phang Nga Bay, moored long-tail boat
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© Westend61 / Roger Richter

…we skate down the tarmac of Mt. Rainier National Park – our shirt fluttering in the headwinds we get a feeling of fulfilling freedom,…

Boy skateboarding on street by trees against sky at Mt. Rainier National Park
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© Westend61 / Cavan Images

…we climb Mount Pilchuck at dawn to watch that one sunrise we keep in our minds forever,…

Man sitting on rock against sky at Mount Pilchuck State Park during sunset
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© Westend61 / Cavan Images

…single-handedly we hike over the Nordkette to enjoy the view on pulsing Innsbruck,…

Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck, mountaineer at Nordkette via ferrata
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© Westend61 / Christian Vorhofer

…we stand at Ohope Beah in New Zealand enjoying the fresh breeze of the Atlantic ocean…

New Zealand, North Island, Bay of Plenty, Ohope Beach, man watching ocean waves, South Pacific Ocean
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© Westend61 / Gaby Wojciech

… and surf the waves of our life in Capetown

Aerial view of people surfing in sea, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
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© Westend61 / fStop Images / Stephan Zirwes

Those and further breathtaking landscapes can be found in this distance-themed lightbox. An Hommage of our photographers to the most beautiful places on our planet.

Sebastian Bentzin

For over ten years Sebastian works in the digital media field. The Hamburg-based social media manager combines his professional background with his interest in photography contributing to the Westend61 outlets.