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THIRTY FRAMES,
FIVE REGIONS

Every photograph was taken by someone who works here, on a route we sell — place, month, photographer and roll number on each.

EU EUROPE Shot by Rui · Elina · Sofia Best light: Sep — Nov 6 frames · 24 routes

  • Atlantic dunes and a boardwalk at dusk near Comporta, Portugal

    R28/12

    Comporta, Portugal Sep 2025 Rui

  • Cork oaks in dry grass, Alentejo

    R28/19

    Alentejo Sep 2025 Sofia

  • A black church in flat snow light, Reykjavík

    R31/04

    Reykjavík Mar 2025 Elina

  • Hands over a market stall in Bologna

    R33/07

    Bologna May 2025 Sofia

  • An empty road and oncoming headlights on Route 1, Iceland

    R31/22

    Route 1, Iceland Mar 2025 Elina

  • The long table in the evening, Porto

    R41/01

    Porto Jan 2026 Marcus

ASIA ASIA & MIDDLE EAST Shot by Kenji · Rana · Bekzod Best light: Mar — May 6 frames · 26 routes

  • Blossom hanging over a canal in Kyoto

    R32/09

    Kyoto Apr 2025 Kenji

  • Tilework at low sun across the Registan, Samarkand

    R32/17

    Registan, Samarkand Apr 2025 Bekzod

  • A desert camp in Wadi Rum

    R30/11

    Wadi Rum Mar 2025 Rana

  • A path between cedars in the Kiso valley

    R32/24

    Kiso valley Apr 2025 Kenji

  • Rooftops at dusk in Amman

    R39/06

    Amman Nov 2025 Rana

  • A doorway painted blue in Bukhara

    R35/13

    Bukhara Jun 2025 Bekzod

AFR AFRICA Shot by Joseph · Amina · Pieter Best light: Jun — Oct 6 frames · 22 routes

  • A vehicle at dawn in the dust, Serengeti

    FRAME OF THE YEAR R37/02

    Serengeti Aug 2025 Joseph

  • Cloud along the crater rim, Ngorongoro

    R37/15

    Ngorongoro Aug 2025 Joseph

  • A narrow medina alley in Marrakesh

    R30/21

    Marrakesh Mar 2025 Amina

  • Terraces and a mule track in the Atlas foothills

    R33/03

    Atlas foothills Apr 2025 Amina

  • A wreck in fog on the Skeleton Coast

    R35/08

    Skeleton Coast Jun 2025 Pieter

  • A dune ridge throwing a long shadow, Sossusvlei

    R35/20

    Sossusvlei Jun 2025 Pieter

AM AMERICAS Shot by Mateo · Camila Best light: Nov — Mar 6 frames · 24 routes

  • First light on circuit 2, Machu Picchu

    R39/16

    Machu Picchu Nov 2025 Mateo

  • Salt pans in the Sacred Valley

    R39/09

    Sacred Valley Nov 2025 Mateo

  • A courtyard in the morning, Cusco

    R38/05

    Cusco Oct 2025 Mateo

  • A lake and pines near Bariloche

    R41/11

    Bariloche Jan 2026 Camila

  • Wind across the steppe in Patagonia

    R41/18

    Patagonia Jan 2026 Camila

  • A train window at dusk on the Vistadome

    guest

    Vistadome train Dec 2025 Grace

ISL ISLANDS Shot by Ahmed · Jean-Luc · Nadia Best light: Nov — Apr 6 frames · 22 routes

  • A reef seen from the air, Malé atoll

    R41/07

    Malé atoll Jan 2026 Ahmed

  • Granite boulders and water on Praslin

    R33/14

    Praslin Apr 2025 Jean-Luc

  • Palms at Anse Lazio

    R33/22

    Anse Lazio Apr 2025 Jean-Luc

  • A dhoni at anchor in the Ari atoll

    R40/03

    Ari atoll Dec 2025 Ahmed

  • A bicycle on a sand track, La Digue

    R34/10

    La Digue May 2025 Jean-Luc

  • A volcanic ridge above a sea of cloud, Canaries

    R41/25

    Canaries Jan 2026 Nadia

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Machu Picchu in first light from circuit 2, four minutes after the gate opened

Frame of the year Roll 39, frame 16 · 14 Nov 2025, 06:04 Nothing cropped, nothing added

06:00, MACHU PICCHU,
NOVEMBER

Photographed by Mateo Quispe Guide · Cusco, since 2013

“I have stood here maybe forty times and it still stops me. Four minutes after the gate opened, before anyone else walked up.”

  • 06:04four minutes in
  • 40×he has stood here
  • 90 minbefore the crowd
  • 1 of 41rolls, twelve votes

About these photographs

About these photographs Shot on the routes we sell · credited to the person who took them Updated Jan 2026

  • 41

    Rolls in the drawer

    Since the first trip in 2011.

  • 118

    Routes photographed

    Every route on the site, before it went up.

  • 12

    Guides with cameras

    Plus the four of us in the office.

  • 0

    Stock photographs

    On this page, or anywhere on the site.

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