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Exploring this big wild world with my little cars

Jun 11, 2016 by Kim Leuenberger 5 Comments

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Lavender Delivery in Hitchin

Lavender Delivery in Hitchin

7 years ago, I received a little replica of an iconic Volkswagen minivan from my parents and it was love at first sight for the young 60’s obsessed teenager I was. It stood on my shelf for quite some years, but on a sunny Sunday of May, I took it out to the garden and took pictures of it.

I shared an image of that van with a Paddington bear, and the feedback on Instagram was really positive, so now, for the last 5 years, I continued taking that minivan and a lot of new cars everywhere I would travel.

An Irish Puddle

An Irish Puddle

This made me catch the Wanderlust bug. I can never stay in one place, I adventure all around my homeland Switzerland and Europe whenever I could for the last 5 years. The pictures of the cars became my little escape, nothing was quite comparable to the feeling I got (and still get) when I get the shot I want.

Barracuda

Barracuda

Each little car has got its own personality and face, and they’re all unique characters. The process of creating these images is a sort of self-therapy for me, enabling me to enter my bubble and forget everything around that worries me, I just fall back into that innocence of childhood and everything is so easy. I love to play with water especially, reflections, out of focus areas.

Big Splash At Durdle Door

Big Splash At Durdle Door

Little Police Car

Little Police Car

So Much To See, So Little Time

So Much To See, So Little Time

Riding The Shore In Camogli

Riding The Shore In Camogli

London Lights

London Lights

In The Waves

In The Waves

Never Stop Adventuring

Never Stop Adventuring

Lost In Colombia

Lost In Colombia

Little Dip At Jakobshorn

Little Dip At Jakobshorn

Lover Of The Light

Lover Of The Light

Strolling Magstraede

Strolling Magstraede

It’s the moment and the emotion I want to share with everyone. So when people tell me that my pictures made them happy too, there’s no better feedback for me.

About the Author

Kim Leuenberger is an Adventure-holic photographer with a dangerous hoarding tendency.  She collects miniature cars, mistreats them a little bit but still takes them everywhere on the road with her! Usually find her laying down on the floor, or looking up in the clouds.

You can find out more about Kim and her work on her website, follow her adventures on Instagram and Facebook, or reach out to her through Twitter.

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