Australian Geographic

Impelled by curiosity

EVERYTHING photojournalist Don Fuchs does is “driven by curiosity”. In the case of the Aussie Camino (page 84), he simply wanted to know, “Who goes on a pilgrimage and what motivates them?”

A long-time AG contributor, Don quickly realised this was going to be

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