Stories, photographs, and field notes from years spent crisscrossing India — currently working out of Jaipur, Rajasthan.
I'm a travel writer and photographer who trades a fixed address for a rotating list of departure gates. What started as a gap-year backpacking trip turned into a career — years in, I still get restless after a few months anywhere.
I'm originally from Bergen, Norway, but for the last few years my work — and my heart — has been entirely in India. These days "home" is wherever the next train out of Delhi is headed.
A loose map of recent stops across the country. Tap or hover a pin for the name — full list is below.
Longer dispatches on what I saw, learned, and got wrong across India — updated every time I land somewhere new.
Three weeks in the old city's workshops, watching hand-carved teak blocks stamp the same patterns families have used for generations. I learned that the finest prints come from the smallest workshops, not the ones with a storefront on the main road.
Five sunrises in a row on the ghats, watching the city wake up around ritual, laundry, and breakfast all at once. What I learned: the boatmen know the river's moods better than any weather app ever will.
Two weeks acclimatizing before the high passes, in air so thin conversations naturally slow down. I saw more stars over the monasteries there than I had in the previous two years of city skies combined.
Three days drifting the canals on a converted rice barge, eating meals cooked on board as villages slid past on both banks. What I learned: the slower the boat, the better the food gets.
The numbers behind years of moving around India, plus a couple that don't fit neatly into a spreadsheet.
Have a story worth chasing, a collaboration in mind, or just want to say hi? I read everything myself — it might just take a few days depending on where I am.
