By: Zoe Melnyk
As a journalist, or a journalist-in-training I should say, it’s alarming to admit that as well as I can tell a story, it will never compare to seeing a story.
I could pour my soul into writing something with emotional depth and key characters, while a photo catches everything in an instant.
That’s what is so captivating about travel photography and travel videos. Sure, I can describe what it’s like to see the aurora borealis, or you could see a snapshot of it yourself right here.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfFgqQdthzo?list=PLx_uU3vvj3611ILubbsYkdSH7UIpJeQLr]
Pau Mateo posted this video after deciding to document his adventures around the world in 90-second increments.
It’s an interesting perspective, as opposed to travel blogs that are normally posted on this site.
Mateo started the YouTube page, Fateuser, after leaving home at 18-years-old to travel the world. The page started as a challenge for Mateo to edit his work down into such small increments.
So far, he’s created videos for the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Italy, and South Korea.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoXbla2kflU?list=PLx_uU3vvj3611ILubbsYkdSH7UIpJeQLr]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4mog5JtCY?list=PLx_uU3vvj3611ILubbsYkdSH7UIpJeQLr]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5JLt-xba5A?list=PLx_uU3vvj3611ILubbsYkdSH7UIpJeQLr]
So Mateo, where to next?
