Travel gallery.

Personal work from the road — the places between places, taken slowly. Misty valleys at golden hour, fishing boats before a town wakes up, and the alleys that never make the guidebook. Shot on film whenever the light let me.

Wherever the light allowed, these were shot on film — the slow pace of loading and metering forces the kind of patience the road rewards. Dawn boats, foggy mountain paths and empty piers all ask for the same thing: arrive early, wait, and let the place perform.

Travel photography by James DeSalvo Photography — misty valleys, dawn fishing boats, Moroccan souks and the places between places. Based in Trenton, New Jersey. Click any image to view full screen.

Featured

A selected frame from the travel portfolio.

Selected frames

A selection of travel photographs from the road, shot on digital and film between 2020 and 2025.

Lone traveler silhouette standing on a cliff edge overlooking misty mountain valleys at golden hourNarrow cobblestone alley in an old European coastal town with weathered pastel buildings and hanging laundryTraditional wooden fishing boats on a still turquoise lake at dawn with mist rising over distant mountainsVibrant Moroccan souk market alley with hanging lanterns and colorful textiles in warm golden lightVast Icelandic black sand desert with a distant lone figure and dramatic storm cloudsJapanese temple pagoda silhouetted against a vivid sunset sky with cherry blossoms in the foregroundNarrow mountain path disappearing into morning fog in the DolomitesTiled townhouse facades rising above a steep cobblestone street in PortoSmall fishing boat floating in glassy turquoise water before sunriseBlue-painted medina passage with a lone figure in shadow in FezSolitary stone cottage beside a loch beneath low clouds in the Scottish HighlandsQuiet temple lane lined with moss and paper lanterns after rain in KyotoLone hiker crossing an expansive high plateau beneath cloud shadows near CuscoWeathered fishing boats and bright ropes in the old harbor at dawn in MarseilleVolcanic coastline of black rock and white surf beneath a clearing skyCypress-lined road through rolling Tuscan fields at first lightLone figure in a bright raincoat crossing a windswept black beach in IcelandEarly morning street market with bicycles, steam and umbrellas in HanoiRed train curving through a snowy Swiss valley beneath distant peaksSunlit market awnings and fruit crates in a narrow Palermo passageFerry crossing the Bosphorus at dusk as city lights begin to glowStone wall and windswept field leading toward a distant sea cliff in IrelandRooftops over the terracotta medina at sunset with the Atlas Mountains beyondEmpty wooden pier extending into foggy Atlantic water on the Maine coast