Picture It: Photographic Resources

Sevilla zaharra (Old Seville), originally uploaded by Iker

If you don't have the opportunity to travel to a Spanish-speaking country, you can still explore the natural beauty and culture through looking at photographs! Here are some of the best places online to see photographs of Spanish-speaking countries.

General - Latin America

• Through the Eyes of the Condor - A National Geographic feature
• Teyacapan - A Flickr user whose photos capture the modern indigenous cultures of Central & South America
• Travel Stories: South America - A Lonely Planet photo feature with lots to look at
• Travel Stories: Central America - Another Lonely Planet photo feature with lots of photos
• Concierge.com: Central & South America - Browse thousands of user-submitted photos
  

Mexico

• Muestra tu México - A Flickr group with tens of thousands of photos of Mexico
• Travel Stories: Mexico - A Lonely Planet photo feature
• Gwyn's Photoblog - Pictures of mostly Mexico, and some California
  

Spain

• Spain - A Flickr group with tens of thousands of photos of Spain
• Travel Stories: Spain - A Lonely Planet photo feature
• Concierge.com: Spain - Browse thousands of photos submitted by users
• Barcelona Photoblog - A new picture every day
• Secret Tenerife - All about eh Canary Islands
  

Great Places to Find High-Quality Photos

• Flickr - God's gift to photo-lovers!
• Cool Photoblogs - Discover photoblogs around the world
• Notes from the Road - Quite an impressive photoblog!
  
• National Geographic - Breathtaking photos of nature, history, people, and animals around the world
• Webshots - Not as good as Flickr, but worth a look
• What's Your Trip? Travel Channel - User-submitted photos with interactive maps
• Concierge.com - Another plethora of travel photos
• TravBuddy - A great resource for learning about destination, and a decent database of user-submitted photos
• Travel Blog - A collection of user-submitted photos from this social travel site