Travel / The Book
Fearless Photographer: Travel
Marc Pagani was contacted by an editor at Cengage Learning in early 2011 and was asked to write a how-to book about travel photography. The writing began in late 2011, after Marc and his climbing partner narrowly escaped a series of avalanches in Nepal and endured a 5.9 earthquake a few days later. The book was released in November, 2012. It is chock full of info on travel photography and includes tons of stories and photos from his travels. It's available on Amazon. This book is a printed collection of travel photography made across six continents — markets before sunrise, portraits made through a translator, long waits for weather, and the frames that survived the edit.
The book is part gallery, part field manual: alongside the photographs are the practical notes on how the images were made — light, access, gear that actually travels, and the patience it takes to let a moment come together.
HOW THE BOOK CAME TO BE
The invitation came from an editor at Cengage Learning in early 2011: write a practical, how-to book on travel photography grounded in real experience on the road. Marc began writing later that year, shortly after returning from Nepal, where he and his climbing partner narrowly escaped a series of avalanches and then rode out a 5.9 earthquake only days later.
That trip shaped the tone of the book. It is not a gear catalog or a list of rules — it is a field manual written by someone who has carried the camera bags up the mountain, waited out the weather, and learned what actually works when conditions refuse to cooperate. Fearless Photographer: Travel was published in November 2012.
WHAT THE BOOK COVERS
- Reading light that changes fast — dawn markets, harsh midday sun, storm light, and the few minutes when everything lines up.
- Photographing people respectfully — approaching strangers, working through translators, and making portraits that honor the subject.
- Gear that survives the trip — packing light enough to move, protecting equipment through rough transit, dust, and humidity.
- Patience and preparation — researching a place, staying with a scene, and letting the moment come together.
- Stories from the road — the real circumstances behind many of the photographs in the book.
BEYOND THE BOOK
The same experience behind the book is available for travel and documentary assignments, speaking engagements, and workshops. Signed archival prints of many of the images are available in the store.