A good guidebook can go a long way towards making or breaking a trip, but the best travel experiences still come with the thrill of discovery attached: secret spots and personal landmarks known only to locals, with directions sketched out in hand-drawn maps. Paris-based photographer Ami Sioux has taken that idea and transformed it into an art project. Sioux followed maps created by locals she met of their favorite spots in five different cities: Reykjavik, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo and New York, and photographed what she found at the end of the trail. Scintilla Ltd., is publishing books of the results from each city, starting with REYKJAVIK 64°08N 21°54W this December. I love the contrast of the precision of geographic coordinates in the title with the vagueness of these out-of-the-way places, which can’t be found on ordinary maps, but really matter to at least one person. (via Cool Hunting)
Posted on Jan 05, 2007 04:30 PM by kristin
