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Far From is a publication and creative studio that highlights remarkable places, singular stays and the ideas that enrich our journeys.
Far From challenges a modern paradox: we move through the world with greater ease, but experience it with less depth.
Journeys still have the power to change us, but the mystery of a place is often commodified into predictable feeds long before we arrive.
This is a space to reclaim that lost wonder.
Far From champions the slow, the atmospheric, the unplugged, the secluded, the characterful, the unsung, the surprising, and the true.
Here, I share:
REMARKABLE PLACES
Deep dives into places that hold a distinct magic, where you can imagine what travel was like before it became tourism.
SINGULAR STAYS
Chosen for their character, history and atmosphere—historic estancias, high-character hotels, luxury cabins, escapists’ boltholes, and retreats.
ENRICHING IDEAS
Essays and reflections that enrich our journeys and recover our attention.
RECOMMENDED READS
Books that reveal the cultural texture, history, and nuance of a place in ways no itinerary can.
I travel widely but share only what I believe is worthy of your attention.
Wonder, once recovered, doesn't stay behind when you come home.
— Nicholas Holt
ABOUT NICHOLAS HOLT
Nicholas Holt is a writer, photographer and creative director focused on the journey, people and place.
He holds an MA in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism. His photography has been recognised by the Sony World Photography Awards, Les Rencontres d'Arles (Open Walls), and he was the recipient Royal Photographic Society Environmental Bursary 2023/24.
His work has featured in publications including Dark Mountain, SUITCASE, Geographical, The Royal Photographic Society Journal, Bradt Guides, JRNY and Echtrai Journal.
Formerly, he worked at the Wunderman and Ogilvy agencies crafting campaigns for clients including: Land Rover, Etihad, Great Rail Journeys, Bupa, Visit England, and Incredible India.
COMMERCIAL STUDIO
For commercial commissions, creative direction, and narrative strategy, visit Nicholas Holt Studio. I work with travel and hospitality brands to articulate their positioning through world-class visual and written assets.
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“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age. In middle age I was assured greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. Nothing has worked. Four hoarse blasts of a ships's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping. The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage. In other words… I fear the disease is incurable.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
