
The frame between us and the thing we came to see
Why travelers photograph landmarks — and what a decade of memory research says is actually happening when the phone comes out.
Essays and first-person writing about place: returning somewhere after years away, the contradictions of being a visitor, borders and belonging, and the parts of a journey that resist a clean summary. Arguments are welcome and clearly attributed. For readers who take travel writing as literature rather than a booking aid.
Essays on returning to a place, the contradictions of being a visitor, borders and belonging, and the discomfort an itinerary usually edits out.

Why travelers photograph landmarks — and what a decade of memory research says is actually happening when the phone comes out.