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Photo: W. Union Square, New York. By: Martin Herrera Soler. Las August we visited New York. It was perhaps one of the best vacations Clara and I have had. I struggled before on ho to balance vacations and couple’s time with photography. Of course I always had my camera with me, but before getting [...]
Heading to Antigua, Guatemala!
I’m excited to share that I’ll be assisting Phil Borges in the upcoming Julia Dean travel workshop in Antigua, Guatemala next January (2012). The workshop is called Environmental Portraiture and the Personal Project. From what I have been able to see about Phil’s work and what I know about Antigua, I anticipate a pretty exciting workshop [...]
Remembering Nepal.

Photo: Buddhist scriptures. Trek day 5.As part of their morning prayers, buddhists will hold their chants neatly folded in pieces of cloth. They take them out and in a syncronized fashion, all repeat the words of these scriptures for hours at a time. Town of Marpha, Nepal, Annapurna Circuit. Altitude: 2.670 mts. By: Martin Herrera [...]
Featured in Leica Fotografie International – LFI.

I was browsing LFI (the independent Leica magazine) ‘mastershots’ for the Leica M9 category, in my iPad when I came across one of my Havana, Cuba images. I was very excited to see that it had gotten selected, along a set of wonderful images from other photographers. The mastershots images are submitted by readers and selected by [...]
Featured in Photoshelter Photographers of the Month.

One of my recent images from my travel and documentary work on Havana, Cuba (Revolución es… | Revolution is…) got featured in Photoshelters photographers of the month section. Very exciting! For those of you who are not aware, Photoshelter is a web service for photographers that it’s by far the best alternative to host your [...]
India… an experience I can only begin to grasp.

This is a photographic travel log sharing my experience of a twenty days trip in India with documentary travel photography of Varanasi, India (Asia).
Havana days – a personal account of a three-day journey in Cuba

Before I start, I should state that this article is by no means a political or social study, but rather a collection of impression gathered throughout a three day visit to old Havana. I also want to thank my friend, who generously devoted her time and energy to show me around, sharing her knowledge and [...]
Three Days In Havana with an M9, 35 Lux, and an iPad.

Traveling with a Leica M9, 35mm Summilux and an iPad.
Street photography in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro…

These are images of a one day shoot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nepal – Buddhist Temple
This was a test done with te automatic video creation engine from animoto. Worth checking it out. If you want to see the still images of Nepal Buddhist Temple, check out this gallery: Nepal (Asia) – Buddhist Temple – Images by Martin Herrera Martin Herrera Soler | Photographer | www.MartinHSPhoto.com
[Oct 24th, 2005] News from India – Clara and Martin.
Cosmic Flight to India. We got to India, flying from Katmandhu to Varanasi by Cosmic Air. We thought the name was very funny when we first saw it, and I even took a picture of a sign. Now after 2 weeks in this part of the world this seems very trivial. The flight attendants were [...]
[Oct. 1, 2005] Ready for Nepal and India…
Dear friends and family, here is a quick update before we depart to Nepal and India. I am forwarding a mail that Clara prepared so you have a sense of where we are headed… at least to the best of our understanding. Only God knows where we will really end-up and what will do. I [...]
