Meet The Faculty

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Meet the minds and expertise behind MatadorU’s Travel Photography Program.

Program Faculty

Paul Sullivan

Paul Sullivan is a freelance writer, author and photographer covering music, travel and culture. His work has been published in The Guardian, The Independent, Intelligent Life, National Geographic Music and more, and he has written/photographed several guidebooks for Time Out, HG2, Cool Camping and others. He currently lives in Berlin, where he runs the Slow Travel Berlin website, flirts with history and fiction and continuously tells jokes no one gets. View his amazing photo essays on Matador Trips.

Lola (Akinmade) Åkerström

Lola (Akinmade) Åkerström edits Matador Goods. She’s a writer and photographer whose publication credits include National Geographic Traveler, BBC, Vogue, Fodors.com, Forbes Traveler, Travel Channel’s World Hum, and many more. She also photographs for Sweden’s official site, Sweden.se. Her travel photography has received numerous accolades and has also been used by various NGOs around the world . She also contributes as a photojournalist with organizations such as the International Red Cross. She is based in Stockholm, Sweden and blogs at Geotraveler’s Niche.

Supporting Editors

Offering their weekly guidance and feedback to students in the MatadorU forums.

Carlo Alcos is the editor of Brave New Traveler. He blogs about his travels and life in general at Vagabonderz.com. You can also find him at the yoga studio and tweeting away as @vagab0nderz.

Kate Sedgwick edits Matador Nights from Buenos Aires where she teaches English, learns Spanish and thoroughly enjoys herself. Her art and writing have appeared in print and on-line publications.