Why I took portraits
(of my feet) around the world
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Back in 2013 I left Park City, Utah for a month long solo trip through the Californian coast. During my last days in Park City, a warm, sunny spring day, I was kinking back barefoot in a picnic from a mountain hiking trail overviewing the old town.
I snapped a photo of the old town in the valley and my lower legs where in frame. I didn’t think too much of it. After two and a half years of traveling it ended up becoming a series of 42 pictures in 41 cities from 17 countries. A little art project documenting my journey as well as the progress of new tattoos on my feet and leg (no, it has nothing to do with fetishes).
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/01-park-city.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/02-san-francisco.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/03-santa-barbara.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/04-san-clemente.webp)
Got nothing against the good people from Oceanside. I arrived to a hostel that had lost my reservation and a fully booked city for the Ironman competition. After a full day of walking with my backpack trying and failing to find accommodation, I had to give up and take the next train to San Diego in the evening.
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/05-oceanside.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/06-san-diego.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/07-coronado.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/08-los-angeles.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/09-santa-monica.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/10-mar-del-plata.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/11-las-vegas.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/12-arizona-desert.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/13-park-city.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/14-edinburgh.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/15-leeds.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/16-cardiff.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/17-london.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/18-lille.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/19-brussels.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/20-rotterdam.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/21-amsterdam.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/22-frankfurt.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/23-hamburg.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/24-berlin.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/25-prague.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/26-vienna.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/27-munich.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/28-milan.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/29-como.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/30-venice.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/31-zagreb.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/32-plitvice.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/33-zadar.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/34-st-petersburg.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/35-tallinn.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/36-budapest.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/37-rijeka.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/38-losinj.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/39-osor.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/40-ljubljana.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/41-bled.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/42-samobor.webp)
Bonus
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/bonus-backpack.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/bonus-copycats.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/bonus-colab.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/bonus-colab-2.webp)
![](../imgs/blog/why-i-took-portraits/bonus-all-pics.webp)
26 November 2023