Patrick Niddrie

Thanks to good friends in high places, I got a photo pass to BUKU Fest. Of the many photos I took there, this one was my favorite.

I arrived in Pokhara with a big smile on my face. My three-week journey through the Annapurna Himalayas was over, and it felt good being back in a “big city.” There were restaurants and cars and people, but the setting was as serene and beautiful as one could imagine. Set in a lush valley, Pokhara [...]

Ahh, the Louisiana wilderness. After traveling around the world and seeing some truly beautiful, mountainous landscapes, the swamps can pale in comparison. That is, until you hop in a canoe and really start to explore them. The beautiful cypress knees and trees with spanish moss gently blowing in the breeze; a beautiful egret flying overhead, [...]

Well here’s another picture of me. I know what you’re thinking…”It’s time for Patrick to start taking pictures of other people!” And you are correct! So that’s coming in the near future. But for now, you’re stuck with my new favorite self-portrait.

Towards the end of my trip in India, I headed down to the beaches of Goa. I had heard good things about it, but was wary of having a similar experience to my visit to the islands of Thailand (wherein I encountered more drunken sunburned 18-year-old Brits than I care to admit). I arrived at [...]

Exactly one year ago, I was in Darjeeling, in the northeast of India. The beautiful town sits on a high ridge and (as you can probably guess) is surrounded by tea plantations. One foggy day I walked down to the Tibetan Refugee Center and finally learned what all those “Free Tibet” bumper stickers are about. [...]

Taken in the beautiful hill-station town of Darjeeling, India exactly 1 year ago today.

It wasn’t until my last week in India that I realized just how hard some people work for such little money. When you live in the United States, you’re never far from being able to find a job that pays at least $7/hour. That might not sound like much, and in all fairness, it would [...]

From a walk in Vancouver, the city of glass.