John Mitchell is a former journalist and foreign correspondent who specialises in public relations, communication and media relations. He is also an excellent photojournalist and photographer, and specialises in journalese style photography.and travel writing, as well as photography for websites.

His work appears in leading cruise and over 50's travel magazines, newspapers and electronic travel publications.

As a travel influencer, John's website attracts up to 500 or more visits each day.

John is based in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, where he has made a "tree change", and is available for photographic and/or writing commissions.

John's wife, Julie, is his researcher and assistant, and often accompanies him on major assignments. John's and Julie's address is 3 Jeffrey street, Kyneton, Vic 3444, and telephone 03 5422 6465. Email John direct on jmpr04@bigpond.com

You can see many of the photos plus numerous others in the JMPR Photography portfolio at this site . This is where you may purchase photos.

You are invited to leave a comment in the website guest book.

All photos are available for sale as postcards, laminated posters, canvas prints, posters and framed etc at https://www.redbubble.com/people/darius4522/shop

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Burma Days: In the footsteps of George Orwell
27th June 2024
As I stood at the rail of the RV Pandaw IV looking towards Katha in Burma, I wondered how George Orwell must have felt as he arrived at this remote Upper Irrawaddy river port, which has changed very little. We had been on the Pandaw IV for several days, and I was looking forward to seeing the home in which George Orwell had lived in 1926-27.
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Travel writing sample: Travelling with foot-in-mouth disease
16th February 2024
I was in Cambodia touring the temples of Angkor. My guide Ree, was staring at me with a look of utter horror on his face. I was smiling broadly before the penny dropped, and realised I had made one of life’s awful tourist gaffes.
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Travel writing sample: Airport arrivals are hell
08th September 2020
Nothing is worse than arriving at a strange airport in a foreign country after a lengthy flight. I seem to always make a complete hash of it, and subsequently get off to a holiday start that is very much less than memorable.

My latest fiasco was in Kolkata, India, earlier this year.
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Bansbari - Halfway between Heaven and Earth
18th August 2020
Dusk in Assam at the border of India and Bhutan is like being halfway to heaven. On one side of the majestic Manas River is the lush national park which takes its name from the river, and on the other are the misty Himalayan foothills, which turn golden at sunset.
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Abandoning ship on the first night in Burma
18th July 2019
Not even being forced to temporarily abandon ship the first night of a cruise up Burma’s normally placid Irrawaddy River was sufficient to thwart photo-journalist John Mitchell’s vacation. Here he tells the story of how the Pandaw IV’s courageous crew overcame a freak occurrence when 150kph wind hit the vessel – the first time it had happened in the company’s 15-year history of cruising in Burma.
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Cruising the Mighty Brahmaputra River
18th June 2019
Cruising the mighty Brahmaputra River in the remote north eastern Indian state of Assam is like taking a step back in time. Sitting on the cruise vessel’s panoramic sundeck at dawn, as the sun shows as an almost scarlet orb and the mist lifts to expose the remote landscape, one could be forgiven for imagining one’s travelling companions are Mahatma Gandhi or Rudyard Kipling.
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Personal coaching
01st March 2017
Personal coaching service to assist people in today's increasingly complex world.
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Hedgerow Cottage, Sitting room Real estate: Kyneton (Hedgerow Cottage), Daylesford (The White House) and Goodwood (Ophir Street).
(Contains 15 photos)
Hongkong Flower Market Hongkong and Macau
(Contains 8 photos)
Taken in May of 2009. Simply shots I took during a brief trip to Hongkong
Giant jars on the banks of the Irrawaddy Burma
(Contains 70 photos)
Thse photos were taken in Rangoon and along the Irrawaddy River between Bagan and 8 miles south of the city of Bhamo near the Burmese-Chinese border.
Elephant Eye India (Assam, Brahmaputra cruise, Agra and Jaipur)
(Contains 45 photos)
Assam and Rajasthan, India, photographic assignment.
Cambodian girl Cambodia and Vietnam
(Contains 41 photos)
Shots include a 750km cruise along the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers with the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company aboard one of its sensational Pandaw vessels.
Bondi Beach Sydney, Australia
(Contains 3 photos)
Photos taken in and around Sydney during Easter 2008.
Caged canaries Melbourne
(Contains 21 photos)
Street photography, Melbourne, Australia.
Fleurieu sunset Adelaide, South Australia
(Contains 25 photos)
Coriole vista South Australian Wineries
(Contains 9 photos)
An expanding collection of wineries in South Australia - Australia's most significant wine area.
Bali 'airship' Bali
(Contains 2 photos)
The Brahmaputra River and Jaipur Some magazine articles
(Contains 10 photos)
A few of John's and Julie's articles, which have been published in "Cruise Pssenger", Australasia's largest circulation cruise magazine, and "Get Up and Go", Australia's leading magazine for the over 50's - those who want to try something "different".
View from the Rialto, Venice Italy
(Contains 4 photos)
General shots taken in Rome, Venice, Isle of Capri, Lecce and southern Italy.