Helena Smith

Lonely Planet & other travels

World-wide trips for Lonely Planet and others.

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 Some of the guides I have co-authored

Some of the guides I have co-authored

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 Hygge Travels in Copenhagen was published by  Hardie Grant  in 2020 – I wrote the guide and am the commissioned photographer

Hygge Travels in Copenhagen was published by Hardie Grant in 2020 – I wrote the guide and am the commissioned photographer

 In 2018 I updated Bradt’s guide to Malawi. I travelled throughout the country, where I spent part of my childhood. Read my article about  music in Malawi  written for Bradt, and a piece about the county’s  lake  written for Get Lost magazine.

In 2018 I updated Bradt’s guide to Malawi. I travelled throughout the country, where I spent part of my childhood. Read my article about music in Malawi written for Bradt, and a piece about the county’s lake written for Get Lost magazine.

 DK's Top 10 Lake District guide, which I wrote and took the photos for

DK's Top 10 Lake District guide, which I wrote and took the photos for

 I contributed to these two books of travel essays published by Lonely Planet

I contributed to these two books of travel essays published by Lonely Planet

 I was a commissioned photographer of Alastair Sawday's Go Slow Italy, a coffee table guide to sustainable accommodation

I was a commissioned photographer of Alastair Sawday's Go Slow Italy, a coffee table guide to sustainable accommodation

  Read my articles  on Sharmanka kinetic theatre in Glasgow and Jupiter Artland outside Edinburgh

Read my articles on Sharmanka kinetic theatre in Glasgow and Jupiter Artland outside Edinburgh

 Read my 1000-word  autobiography

Read my 1000-word autobiography

 Images of Cuba, which I shot on film and handprinted, have been exhibited at Rich Mix and Floradita

Images of Cuba, which I shot on film and handprinted, have been exhibited at Rich Mix and Floradita

 Horsemen at the coronation of the Oba of Benin

Horsemen at the coronation of the Oba of Benin

 Read my Lonely Planet article about the resurgence of  neon in Los Angeles

Read my Lonely Planet article about the resurgence of neon in Los Angeles