Once a week this site takes an image from the WPPhotos project, finds the photographer, and asks questions about the image.
Where was it taken? Why? Why were they there?
These are their stories. Read more about this project.
Description This photo was taken by Anne McCarthy whilst on a trip to the Dolomites in Italy. We had just started a hike, barely half a mile in, and already the views overwhelmed me. Hilariously, this isn’t even the view of the hike that folks go there for if that gives you a sense of…
Description This photo was taken in by Nilo Velez. This is in Rota, Spain, where I usually spend my summer vacation. I was taking some photos at the sunset when I noticed one guy and some kids playing with the waves. He jumped and I had the luck to be able to get it on…
Description This photo was taken by Lidia Arroyo Vargas on a beach in Costa Rica. I was at Bahía Ballena beach in Costa Rica. I love taking photos and hiking, so my husband and I go there on weekends to disconnect from the week and work for a while. That beach is a four-hour drive…
Description This photo was taken by Sandra Waldmann. She says I took the photo when I went for a walk at a small lake called Bruchsee at Heppenheim in Germany. There’s a low mountain range with an old castle. Storm clouds often cling to these hills, which is where the shadow comes from (from the…
Description This photo was taken by Priyanka Gusani in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The mushrooms are Parasola plicatilis. I was returning home after my morning workout, I noticed dewdrops on the grass and a tiny mushroom. The winter chill made the scene even more beautiful, so I took out my phone and captured the moment. I…
Description “Barek Tila is a small hilly area located in Tahirpur Upazila of Sunamganj District, near the border of Bangladesh and India. Consisting of a Tila (small hill), it was abundant in spring water once upon a time. Water used to break out through the rocks at various points of it. People used to collect…
Description Nilo Velez posted this one. He says I was just getting back home one morning after having breakfast. There’s a small garden in the common area of the building where I live, and I saw there little mushrooms growing. Nilo is from Sevilla, Spain. Categories Terms Original:
Description This photo was taken by Elio Rivero. When in the 1930s the German family Cabjols from Bavaria reached this area of Córdoba, Argentina, far from busy cities, they were looking for a place where they could feel at home in nature, far from the turmoil in Europe. In 1934, they started planting trees to…
Description Hasanuzzaman Shamim was traveling home to Bangladesh from WordCamp Europe in Torino and had a long layover in Egypt. They decided to go visit the pyramids of Giza on the layover. Categories Terms Original:
Description This photo was taken by Mumtahina Faguni from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The picture was taken on a winter morning of 2023 in Uttara Sector 17, Dhaka. This is my everyday go-to road from home to the office. My home is away from the city area and I’ve got to reach this bridge, cross it and…
