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Hippie Van Mans Favourite Pan American Road Trip Photos from 2014

What a year it has been! I started 2014 leaving Mexico heading South into Guatemala. Eventually I would end up all the way in Lima, Peru before flying home for the Holidays to end off the year with family and friends. I wanted to take a quick look back at some of my favorite travel […]

Developing Nations Shoot: Santa Marta, Colombia

My friend Mel from Colombia, invited me to come to the program she helps run, which offers free English classes to at risk youth on Saturdays. In addition to free english lessons and a positive social environment, the program provides the kids with sandwiches and drinks. I went down to see what was up. I […]

Developing Nations Project: Panama City, Panama

For those of you who don’t know what the Developing Nations Project is, check it out here. I was driving around Panama City, Panama, photographing the buildings and graffiti. I ended up in a neighborhood, which I later learned was one of the most dangerous in Panama. Within 30 seconds of stopping my car and […]

First Developing Nations Shoot of the Trip, Juayua, El Salvador

For those who didn’t know, as part of my travels on my last trip around Asia that began in 2011, I started a project called the Developing Nations Project, giving back by giving self-portrait prints to people in remote communities and developing regions. I haven’t gotten geared up for a Developing Nations shoot until now. […]

Continuing the Developing Nations Project Aboard the Hippie Van

For those who have followed my travels prior to the Hippie Van Man project. You will know I started another travel project previously while on my 11-month India/South East Asia backpacking trip in 2011/2012. For those who don’t know about the project, here is a link to that blog, The Developing Nations Project. In short, […]

The Life of a Nomadic Freelance Photographer & Web Developer

Aaron Neilson Belman Freelance Photographer

As some of you will know, and as some of you may not, I am a freelance photographer & web developer by trade and I happen to pursue a fairly nomadic lifestyle by choice. I started taking photography in high school and majored in New Media Studies at the University of Toronto. The New Media […]

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