The agoraphobic photographer who was able to visit Lanzarote 4 thousand kilometers away

The overwhelming inclusion of photography in everyday life has come as an avalanche thanks to the technology included in our mobile phones. Being able to take photographs at any time and see the result at the moment has awakened in the last 20 years a passion, until then dormant, to capture moments, landscapes, people and places. Lanzarote is a place that lends itself especially to it.

For a professional photographer, traveling constantly should be part of their living conditions. Moreover, it should be a duty, at the same time as a luxury foreign to most professions. For photographer Jacqui Kenny, this is not exactly true.

9 years ago Kenny was diagnosed with agoraphobia. He began to suffer panic attacks in unfamiliar surroundings. For that reason, traveling physically to other places became a chimera. During the last two years she has decided to use technology to become a travel photographer, something particular: traveling through Google Street View.

More than 27,000 screen shots in which he has sought luminous realities, vibrant colors, original architectures that have made his Instagram account, The Agoraphobic Traveler, a meeting place for travel lovers.

Jacqui Kenny had always wanted to travel to Lanzarote. Something that could not be done on site but through the order made by the Lexus automotive company. He had to portray the new vehicle of the brand around the island, remotely, directing a team that was in Lanzarote, and marking the rhythms of the realization of the photographs.

Imagen publicada por Jacqui Kenny en su cuenta de Instagram acompñada del siguiente texto:

I was recently given the opportunity to conduct my first commercial photo shoot. It was for the launch of the new Lexus UX in Europe. However, it was not a usual photo session, since I ran a team located in Lanzarote, from my house in London! I chose Lanzarote for its incredible volcanic landscape, architecture, remote villages and light.