Traveling to London

London can be an intimidating city, but it’s also one of the world’s most fascinating places. Here’s some advice for first-time visitors.London attracts more American visitors than any other European city. Dig deep enough and you’ll find Roman, Saxon and Medieval remnants but, you’ll also find skyscrapers and imposing Victorian architecture....

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Gajner Palace Bikaner, India

ts situated on the banks of Gajner lake about 30Km from Bikaner. It stretches over a sprawling terrain of 6000 acres. The Palace is situated amongst lush-green environment. The famous Gajner Palace was built by Maharaja Ganga Singhji of Bikaner and is located at a real beautiful place. Close to it is a lake and wooded area that attracts lots...

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Inkaterra Amazonica Lodge

Gazing down on the Peruvian Amazon region with the aid of satellite image, the town ofPuerto Maldonado appears as a series of rough gray smudges in unending green, and a tawny river winds away through thick rain forest. Unlikely as it seems, an hour down a river and a short scramble up a rough clay riverbank is one of Peru‘s most enchanting...

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Wenjie Yang: Nuo Opera

Photo © Wenjie Yang-All Rights ReservedWenjie Yang is a freelance photographer, who was born and raised in Shanghai. She comes to photography and photojournalism with a background in advertising production and production of movie crews for a number of years.She currently attends the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism One-Year Certificate...

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HabbyCam DSLR Shoulder-Mount

This shoulder mount might be useful to those who use DSLRs for movie making. It's called the HabbyCam (don't ask me why) and it's reasonably priced at $250.It's essentially a brace, is made of aluminum and stainless steel, and weighs only 3 lbs. The shoulder bracket is drilled with holes that can accommodate other accessories such as sound...

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Asim Rafiqui: The Idea of India

"!--!--"The close relationships between the island’s Muslim and Hindu communities in fact reveal a blurring of religious and spiritual lines, reminding us of the artificiality of the labels of ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ and the ordinary human being’s ability to find accommodation and tolerance of the practices and values of his neighbors." - Gujarat’s...

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Antonin Kratochvil : Moscow Nights

Here's an audio slideshow of photographs by Antonin Kratochvil titled "Moscow Nights" that takes us to Moscow's decadent underworld, which is the latest feature on VII Magazine. The images themselves are vintage Kratochvil; some of which are tilted to impart uncomfortable tension (and also to be different). Although he's known for his black...

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