Sivan Askayo
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Sivan Askayo, originally from Israel, is a New York-based photo-journalist specializing in travel photography. After working few years as a Media supervisor for General Motors, she has decided to follow her passions of Photography, Writing and Traveling, and combine them all together, creating and documenting portraits of a city or a place through her lens.

She traveled throughout Europe, North and South America, Alaska, China and East Asia, looking for the complex, aesthetic and layers of a place and its people.

She is currently involved with emerging artists groups both in NY and in Tel Aviv and is attending the International Center of Photography in New York, both as a student and as a teachers' assistant.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and her photographed articles were published in Travel, Life Style and Design Magazines in Israel.
To read more of her travel stories, please visit her travel blog.

Blog Entries by Sivan Askayo

London This Summer (PHOTOS)

(4) Comments | Posted May 31, 2012 | 7:00 AM

London is a touristic city by definition. If you are planning to visit the British capital this summer, bear in mind you would hit the massive touristic crowds who come to watch the Olympics or those who come to celebrate with the British nation the Queen's...

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Barcelona, One More Time (PHOTOS)

(4) Comments | Posted May 17, 2012 | 7:00 AM

It is not a hard thing to fall in love with Barcelona. In fact, it is quite easy.

This combination of a civilized European city with a Catalan sort of rudeness can make anyone fall in love with this city immediately.

If you are about to spend few days...

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Tres Chic And Magnifique: Mama Shelter In Paris

(0) Comments | Posted May 8, 2012 | 7:00 AM

So you are going to Paris...

You set the dates, you purchased flight tickets, maybe you also saved some frequent flyer milages, just in case. You wrote your to do lists, your "where to eat" and "what to buy" lists and you told the whole world that you are going...

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In Giverny: Living Claude Monet's Impressionistic Picture (PHOTOS)

(2) Comments | Posted April 19, 2012 | 7:45 AM

As a travel photographer, I am always inspired to take candid shots of the places and the locations I visit. In contrast with the fashion photography arena, where usually everything should be just perfect and beautiful, and in contrast with the documentary photography arena, where everything is so honest, bold...

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Six Days In Hanoi, Vietnam (PHOTOS)

(1) Comments | Posted March 31, 2012 | 10:00 AM

'Madam, Motor'... 'Madam, Motor' This is how most of the Vietnamese motor-bikers in Hanoi used to approach me, trying to convince me to get on their bike for a ride for a certain amount of money.

For those who didn't experience Vietnam yet, please be advised that crossing the...

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Hoi An: Once In A Full Moon (PHOTOS)

(3) Comments | Posted March 7, 2012 | 6:00 AM

As a travel photographer, I often find myself juggling locations, running around and skipping some cities and places just so I can be in the right place at the right moment.

This is actually what I did on February, while visiting Vietnam after Tet Holiday, the New year...

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Intimacy Under The Wires: A Different Travel Approach (PHOTOS)

(6) Comments | Posted January 11, 2012 | 6:30 AM

Like a lot of things in life, this photography project started with a random image. Like a lot of times in life, sometimes you have to get away from a place in order to rediscover it. These two sentences basically initiated my on-going photography project called "Intimacy Under...

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A Postcard From Buenos Aires (PHOTOS)

(0) Comments | Posted December 25, 2011 | 7:00 AM

In recent years, Buenos Aires has become more and more popular among tourists (not necessarily from Latin America) and, as the economy stabilized, the city has become attractive among foreign investors, too.

The question is no longer "Will I visit Buenos Aires" but "When will I." And when is now:...

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Paris For Advanced Users (PHOTOS)

(45) Comments | Posted December 13, 2011 | 6:30 AM

The first visit to Paris is actually a mad chase after all the touristy attractions and the "must-see," "must-go," "must-do" places: See the Eiffel Tower sparkling at night, walk along the Champs-Elysees, all the way to Arc de Triumph, climb the steep streets of the Montmartre and sigh when you...

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