About
UK Travel Photographer & Writer - documenting the world's curious corners, one border at a time.
Hey, I'm Max - a photographer, traveller, and self-confessed geopolitics nerd based in the UK. I work full-time, but I'm lucky enough to have a "work from anywhere" arrangement that I embrace to its fullest. Whether it's a long weekend in a European microstate or a month sleeping in hostels across Japan, travel is how I make sense of the world.
I'm currently on a personal mission to visit every European country (that's safe to visit) before I turn 30. Europe fascinates me - the sheer diversity packed into such a compact geography, the layered histories, the borders that exist on paper but feel invisible in person. I'm drawn to the places that don't make the glossy top-ten lists: the spa towns like Karlovy Vary that reward a spontaneous bus journey, the German exclaves tucked into the wrong country, the neighbourhood republics running on beer-backed currency.
Photography is how I process it all. It's not just about the image - it's about the feeling behind it such as the stillness of a frozen Finnish island in February or a forgotten Subaru dealership in Malta gathering dust since 1999. These are the details that stay with me long after I've come home, and they're what I try to capture.
What You'll Find Here
This site has two sides. My gallery is where the photography lives including trips spanning Europe, Asia, and beyond, organised by destination. My blog is where I write about those same journeys in more depth: the practical advice, the unexpected detours, and the stories that don't fit neatly into a caption.
Some posts are practical guides - how to get around Japan for a month without losing your mind, or how to see Malta properly for under £200. Others lean more personal - stumbling into a hidden café on a frozen Helsinki island, or spending a day in a German village that's somehow been trapped inside Switzerland for three centuries. Most land somewhere in between.
The Gallery
My photography spans nearly a decade of travel - from Morocco and Malaysia in the early years, through Europe's most under visited corners like Lithuania and Slovenia, to a month-long project in Japan in 2025. Every gallery is a single trip, shot the way I actually experienced it rather than curated for a particular aesthetic.
Destinations currently in the gallery include Japan, Iceland, Malta, Czech Republic, Norway, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Italy, San Marino, Gibraltar, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand, Morocco, and more - with new work added after every trip.
Latest Stories
A glimpse into my travels, one story at a time. Read the latest posts below, or head to the full blog for more.
Get in Touch
If you want to follow along in real time, I post regularly on Instagram (@maxbiddlecombe) and occasionally share longer thoughts on LinkedIn. For everything else - questions about a destination, print enquiries, or just to say hello - use the contact page.
Whether you're here for the photography, the travel writing, or a very specific question about getting a bus from Switzerland into Liechtenstein - welcome. There's plenty more to come.