Top Ten Travel Photographers Today

10. Elion Paz

Location: New York

Israeli born photographer, Elion Paz, started taking photos at just sixteen years of age after he was given a Canon AE-1 by his father. Paz travelled to the Far East and Australia in 1997. In Sydney, he assisted photographers with various projects ranging from portraits to commercial. He moved back home in 1999 opening up his own studio in Tel-Aviv. He is now living in Brooklyn and has started an interview-based photography project that documents vinyl collectors, Dust and Groove.

9. Justin Mott

Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

Editorial and Commercial photographer Justin Mott works throughout South-East Asia. He photographs for both personal projects and client assignments. Mott has worked for publications and companies including New York Times, Newsweek, TIME, Bloomberg and the Discovery Channel.

8. Jonas Bendiksen

Location: Oslo, Norway

Beginning his career at nineteen years of age, Jonas Bendiksen interned at Magnum’s London office before breaking out on his own. Bendiksen spent several years in Russia documenting stories on communities. His editorial client’s include National Geographic, Geo, Newsweek and the Rockefeller Foundation. He won the 2003 Infinity Award from the International Centre for Photography and first prize in the Pictures of the Year International Awards as well as several other awards for his work. His work on life in a Nairobi slum, Kiera, which was published in the Paris Review, won a National Magazine Award in 2007.

7. Jessica Sample

Location: Los Angeles

Jessica Sample, a Los Angeles based photographer has studied at Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design and the International Centre of Photography. Sample has acted as the Deputy Photo Editor of Travel and Leisure, prior to her solo photography career. In addition to Travel and Leisure, her long list of clients includes Conde Nast Traveller, National Geographic Traveller, Food and Wine, GQ, The Wall Street Journal and Hemispheres among others.

6. Jake Stangel

Location: San Francisco

Jake Stangel, a San Francisco based photographer, has shot for numerous magazines and companies including The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Esquire, Travel and Leisure, Wired, Nike, Burton, Zara and Wieden and Kennedy.

5. Tim Clinch

Location: England/France/Bulgaria

If he’s not travelling he divides his time between England, France and Bulgaria. Tim Clinch has worked for various publications including Conde Nast Traveller, Forbes, Town and Country and Home and Garden. At the moment Clinch is working on a new project with food writer, Kate Hill, about South West France and its food culture.

4. Marie Takahashi

Location: Tokyo

Specializing in interiors, food and travel photography, Marie Takahashi is a Tokyo based photographer who studied at Nihon University College of art and graduated with a degree in photography. Her work has appeared in many Tokyo publications including Hemispheres and AFAR.

3. Emily Mott

Location: West Sussex, England

Mott studied at Dartmouth College as well as at the Art Centre College of Design in California. The UK based photographer has been featured in many magazines including The New Yorker, Travel and Leisure, Conde Nast Traveller, Esquire, Vogue UK, GQ, Wired and Savure.

2. Chris Testani

Location: New York

Growing up in New York, Testani studied cinema and photography at Ithaca College. He assisted photographers like Mark Seliger and Ilan Rubin, before beginning his own career as a photographer. He publication clients include AFAR, Destinations, Bon Appetite, Esquire and Glamour among others. Testani made PDN’s list of 30 photographers to watch in 2012.

1.      John Huba

Location: New York

Huba is a travel and portrait photographer who has worked for clients including Vanity Fair, Town and Country and Travel and Leisure. He brings a visual authenticity to his photographs, immersing the viewer into the subject’s culture. John Huba first discovered his excitement for travel photography when he was learning the trade under the great fashion photographer, Bruce Weber.