Quiet glimpses, found moments

Stories of people and place, drawn from the flow of travel and time

I’m Lynn Fraser, a travel and documentary photographer based in the Scottish Highlands.
Named Amateur Photographer of the Year 2024, I capture the quiet beauty of everyday life - from markets in Ethiopia to winter light on the Black Isle.

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Across the World

Glimpses of people and places, near and far

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Stories & Moments

Photography and writing from the Highlands and beyond.

A person sitting on a yellow chair reading a book, with a flood reflected on the water-covered street in front of closed shops. Shadows of trees are cast on the shop shutters.

Sitting It Out

In Venice, the tide is rising.
Water threads through Piazza San Marco, a slow reclaiming by the lagoon.
The city softens, blurring at the edges.

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The Journey beyond

Creative travel experiences in photography and storytelling

Close-up of an elderly man with gray hair and mustache, wearing a light-colored shirt and a striped cloth wrapped around his head, looking to the right inside a colorful room.

Two men in outdoor gear, one lying on a rock and the other sitting, help each other by holding hands near a stream in a rocky forest setting.

A man sitting on a wooden bench in a park, surrounded by trees with green leaves. He is using his phone and has a backpack beside him. There is an old stone structure and a wooden fence in the background.

I run The Journey Beyond with photographer Neale James, creating immersive photography experiences designed to slow you down, spark curiosity, and foster meaningful connection - with people, place, and the present moment.

We believe that travel deepens rather than rushes - where presence matters more than performance.

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Where the Journey Leads

Wandering along the platform beside a train waiting to depart Dhaka Station, I was caught in the curious, still gaze of this child.

#dhaka #bangladeshphotography #travelportrait #humanconnection #documentaryphoto #everydaybangladesh #facesoftheworl

The people in Bangladesh work hard for the paltry amount of money they earn each day. This lady was one of a small number of women carrying loads of sand off a barge in baskets on their heads. Yet, despite the heat and the manual nature of the work,

Yesterday was World Photography Day - missed it. But, really, every day is world photography day when you meet faces and stories like this. Danchu, a Roma coppersmith, is mid-flow in one of his tales.

#worldphotographyday #everydayphotography #sto

Stories of connection, rooted in people and place

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