Canon EOS 350D, 18-55mm lens @ 18mm, ISO 100, f20, 1/160 second. Converted to black and white in Photoshop CS 3.

On my first trip to Bolivia I was certain of one thing – I wanted to go to the Salar de Uyuni. I had wanted to go there ever since seeing a Discovery Channel documentary narrated by an Australian photojournalist who travelled across the Salar by jeep, on the trail of the legendary Butch Cassidy and the Sundance.

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This is the first in a series where I will write about the story behind one of my photos. Today I’ve chosen one of my favourites, a photo of a girl that I took in Bolivia.

Bolivia, for those of you that haven’t been, is a photographer’s dream. There are so many interesting things to take photos of. Most of the places that I’ve visited in Bolivia have been in the high Andes – an incredibly photogenic and outlandish region. I’ve only spent a few weeks there, but one of my goals is to return and spend more time and take more photos.

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