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Parting Gifts: A Photo Collection

Selected photos that consider this issue’s theme, “Parting Gifts,” through the lens of contrast. Visual invitations to step over the threshold from our everyday into the foreign territory of pilgrimage. A stone monument offering gentle remembrance. Three Camino scenes distilled in black and white. An appreciation of the dappled patterns of light and shadow created by tree-filtered sunlight, an ephemeral phenomenon the Japanese call komorebi, captured in a moment along the Portugués coastal route.

Parting Gifts: A Photo Collection

Jordi Gili monument Antonio de Sa
Artist Jordi Gili’s stone-carved monument dedicated to women who have suffered domestic violence, in Mós, Portugal, along the Camino Portugués. Photo by Antonio de Sa | San Juan Capistrano, CA.
Iria FLavia Gary Bremen
Roger Boone near Iria Flavia along the Camino Portugués coastal route on May 22, 2025. Photo by Gary Bremen | Wilton Manors, FL.
Friol Spain Echard WHeeler
Friol, Spain, on the Camino Primitivo, August 26, 2025. Photo by Echard Wheeler | Virginia Beach, VA.
Ruta de los Hospitales Echard Wheeler
Walking over the Ruta de los Hospitales on the Camino Primitivo, August 19, 2025. Photo by Echard Wheeler | Virginia Beach, VA.
Muxia Echard WHeeler
The end of the journey, Muxía, Spain, August 30, 2025. Photo by Echard Wheeler | Virginia Beach, VA.