by Howard Blount | Apr 22, 2018
Backroad Planet joined Jackson photographer Ashleigh Coleman for a preview of two Mississippi museums: the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Also on the itinerary, visits to the Smith Robertson Museum, the home of Medgar Evers,...
by Howard Blount | Jan 12, 2017
Stroll through Tourrettes sur Loup, a magical medieval village in the south of France that is straight out of a fairy tale. [toc] Tourrettes sur Loup Guest Post by Erin Harris The beautiful town of Tourrettes sur Loup rests on a rocky hilltop 14 kilometers from the...
by Howard Blount | Dec 30, 2016
People and places are the reason for travel. This year-in-travel photoessay features my family, friends, traveling companions, and the destinations we visited in 2016. Disclosure: Some links in this article are to travel brands and destinations that have sponsored my...
by Howard Blount | May 2, 2016
A Southern photographer’s haunting images from a bridal shoot and seasonal flood portray her intimate connection with the ghost town of Rodney, Mississippi. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses . . . .” Hebrews 12: 1 Guest Post...
by Howard Blount | Oct 27, 2015
Portugal in Panorama is a captioned photo collection of 22 locations captured with the Apple iPhone camera. It was my honor to join a select group of 22 travel writers, photographers, PR executives, and social media influencers as guests for Viking’s...
by Howard Blount | Jul 27, 2015
An annotated photographic collection of European locations captured with the Apple iPhone panorama feature. We were guests of Viking River Cruises, but the eye candy of European panoramas was all ours. [toc] European Panoramas I am not a photographer, although I wish...