TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER, CARLEY RUDD

Known for her clean aesthetic and wanderlust-inducing photography, Los Angeles-based travel photographer and creative consultant Carley Rudd’s career is a tale of trusting your instincts and taking a chance. Self-taught with a deep appreciation for nature, three years ago Carley took a leap of faith and left her full-time agency role to pursue a freelance career and has never looked back, having since contributed to publications like Travel & Leisure, Suitcase Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, AFAR and Tiny Atlas Quarterly—to name a few—and worked with such clients as AirBnb and Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. Read on to hear more about Carley’s journey, her advice for aspiring travel photographers, must-have travel essentials and more.