Travel
Matt Valentine has traveled through Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas to document extraordinary events and ordinary life. Photos from his travels have appeared in the books Here is New York and Pennsylvania 24/7, and in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts’ virtual “Timeline of World History”.
Wild poppies blooming among ancient ruins in Armenia. Photographed in 2005.
Naturally occurring crystalline basalt columns line the canyon walls in Garni, Armenia.
Carmel Bay is one of the gems of the California coast. Photographed in 2010.
The city of Cusco, in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Photographed in 2002.
In Nizhyn, Ukraine, an orthodox priest christens two infants. Photographed in 2009.
A large Roman statue in the darkness of the Basilica Cistern. The cistern is an ancient Roman facility for water storage under present-day Istanbul.
Outside the Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul, a man in traditional Turkish dress sells cherry juice. Photographed in 2005.
Livadia Palace in Yalta, Crimea. Once the summer home of the Romanov family, this historic building was later the site of the Yalta Conference, at which Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt discussed the plan for postwar Europe. Photographed in 2009.
In Fes, Morocco, worshippers on their way to the Mosque for afternoon prayers. Photographed in 2001.
In Nasca, Peru, a boy uses toxic mercury to extract particles of gold dust from the mud. Photographed in 2002.
A woman in a vacant lot in Brooklyn, observing a candlelight vigil for the victims of the September 11th Tragedy. Photographed Sept. 15th, 2001.
A view of Tbilisi, capital of the Republic of Georgia, featuring Metekhi Church in the foreground and the Narikala Fortress and the church of Saint Nicolas in the distant hills.
Nude on the Brooklyn shoreline facing midtown Manhattan, 2001.
Subway trains near Shea Stadium in Queens, New York. Photographed in 2001.
The Sumela Monastery near Trabzon, Turkey.
Women in traditional Andean clothing in Peru, 2002.
Children on the Trans-Siberian Railroad near Irkutsk, 1999.
Coney Island Amusement Park, Brooklyn, 2000.
A Gypsy Musician with his dancing dogs. Seville, 2001.
The Austin night skyline as seen from the First Avenue Bridge in 2005.
