World Encounter Magazine - March 2024: The World Travel Edition Issue 4

MARCH 2024 ISSUE 03

The Coast of Hormuz Island

BY PHOTOGRAPHER MORTEZA GHANBARI

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CONTENTS

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06 THE COAST OF HORMUZ ISLAND PHOTOGRAPHER: MORTEZA GHANBARI IG: @__.MIRROR.___ TW: TWITTER.COM/MIRROR_MGH PT: PINTEREST.COM/MORTEZAGHANBARII

16 CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHER: ROBIN KER IG: @ROBBINGCARS91 FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ROBBYKER WB: MEDMISHAPS.WORDPRESS.COM TW: TWITTER.COM/K91ROBBY TT: WWW.TIKTOK.COM/@ROBBYRAMI

24 TRIPS

PHOTOGRAPHER: NATALIA KRUGLOVA IG: @NATALIAKRUGLOVA_

- A SLEEPY MALTESE 30 RABBAT HAMLET PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT DUFFIELD IG: @SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SCOTT.DUFFIELD. PHOTOGRAPHY WB: SCOTTDUFFIELDPHOTOGRAPHY.PIXIESET.COM

40 ARCHES

MODEL: TYLER RAYMAN IG: @_LIVEYOURZ_ PHOTOGRAPHER: BRIELLE WHITTET IG: @BRIELLE.MAKENA.PHOTOGRAPHY

44 NORTH CAUCASUS

PHOTOGRAPHER: ALENA PONOMAREVA IG: @_ALENAPONOMAREVA

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50 GRODNO CITY

PHOTOGRAPHER: EKATERINA BAIDOVSKAYA IG: @BAJKAMK

54 THE MOUNTAINS OF MY SOUL PHOTOGRAPHER: MARIA GAVRINA IG: @NIKAMALIISH FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NIKAMALIISH

- MALTA’S 4000 YEAR-OLD 64 MDINA WALLED CITY PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT DUFFIELD IG: @SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SCOTT.DUFFIELD. PHOTOGRAPHY WB: SCOTTDUFFIELDPHOTOGRAPHY.PIXIESET.COM

72 GÖYNÜK CANYON

PHOTOGRAPHER: ALBINA GRIDASOVA IG: @ALBINA.GR.R

74 TIME OF THE SEA

PHOTOGRAPHER: CLAUDIO PARI IG: @MONTEMONTE58

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The Coast of Hormuz Island PHOTOGRAPHER: MORTEZA GHANBARI IG: @__.MIRROR.___ TW: TWITTER.COM/MIRROR_MGH PT: PINTEREST.COM/MORTEZAGHANBARII

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RABBAT - A SLEEPY MALTESE HAMLET PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT DUFFIELD IG: @SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY WB: SCOTTDUFFIELDPHOTOGRAPHY.PIXIESET.COM

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ARCHES MODEL: TYLER RAYMAN IG: @_LIVEYOURZ_ PHOTOGRAPHER: BRIELLE WHITTET IG: @BRIELLE.MAKENA.PHOTOGRAPHY

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NORTH C AUC ASUS PHOTOGRAPHER: ALENA PONOMAREVA IG: @_ALENAPONOMAREVA

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GRODNO CITY PHOTOGRAPHER: EKATERINA BAIDOVSKAYA IG: @BAJKAMK

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THE MOUNTAINS OF MY SOUL PHOTOGRAPHER: MARIA GAVRINA IG: @NIKAMALIISH FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NIKAMALIISH

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MDINA - MALTA’S 4000 YEAR-OLD WALLED CITY PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT DUFFIELD IG: @SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY WB: SCOTTDUFFIELDPHOTOGRAPHY.PIXIESET.COM

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GÖYNÜK CANYON PHOTOGRAPHER: ALBINA GRIDASOVA IG: @ALBINA.GR.R

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TIME OF THE SEA PHOTOGRAPHER: CLAUDIO PARI IG: @MONTEMONTE58

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PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT DUFFIELD IG: @SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SCOTT.DUFFIELD.PHOTOGRAPHY WB: SCOTTDUFFIELDPHOTOGRAPHY.PIXIESET.COM

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