2025 – A Year of Travel In 100 Black and White Photographs

Every year I post 100 of my favorite photos from the year’s travels. As part of my photo-editing process, I edit my photos chronologically which often takes a bit of time which is why you’re getting 2025’s top 100 mid-October 2026.

The post this year features photos from China, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Taiwan, and Sweden.

This post is part of an annual tradition.  For previous years, check out 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,  2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and of course, don’t miss the color post from 2025.

For my daily photo posts feel free to tune in and follow along via Instagram @virtualwayfarer.

Questions about how I composed or took a specific photo? Feel free to ask in a comment. You’re also encouraged to check out my complete flickr albums here which include the many other shots from 2025 (and previous years) which didn’t make it in this post. As you can imagine, picking “just” 100 photos for this is actually quite difficult!

If you want to hear a bit more about my process and lessons learned from photography – please also check out my Podcast interview with Beth Buelow from Pixels: Exploring the Heart and Art of Photography. If you enjoy it, please give it a like/comment, and spread the word.

As is true of my style more broadly, virtually every photo in this list is a single shot. I don’t do bracketing, blending, replacement or focus stacking. Nothing has been added/removed outside of correcting lens spots. Generally my edits focus on adjusting sharpness, contrast, dodging and burning, and some mild saturation and color enhancement to bring the photos closer to what I saw in the moment.

That’s a wrap for 2025! As always – let me know which are your favorites. For these photos I used a Sony A7R V camera with a mixture of lenses. These included a Sigma 100-400, Tamron 28-75 F2.8 and a Tamron 17-28 F2.8.