Christopher Kilkus — Travel Photography

This is the Christopher Kilkus photo portfolio for travel and location work. Christopher Kilkus is a fashion, advertising and lifestyle photographer based in Santa Monica, California, and his travel photography applies that same craft to the places he visits — from the colonial cities and haciendas of Mexico's Yucatán to the coast and beyond. Each Christopher Kilkus photo aims to say as much about the feeling of a place as its literal look.

A fashion eye on location

What sets Christopher Kilkus travel photography apart is the blend of fashion-trained styling and a documentary instinct. People belong in these landscapes; light and weather become part of the cast rather than conditions to fight. The result is destination and travel photography that feels both aspirational and real — equally at home in a hotel campaign, a magazine travel story or a personal expedition.

Mexico, the Yucatán and beyond

Much of this Christopher Kilkus photography was made in Mexico — in Mérida and Progreso, and among the historic haciendas of the Yucatán — with further work from Malaysia and other destinations. Together the images trace a way of seeing that travels: patient with the light, attentive to people, and always looking for the moment that makes a place feel like somewhere you have been.