In September last year I travelled to Rize, in north eastern Turkey, to photograph tea harvesting in the region for National Geographic Traveller UK. This is the article as it appears in the January/February 2026 issue of the magazine plus a few extra images that I really loved but that didn´t make the final cut.
Huge thanks to the Nat Geo team for sending me on this assignment and also to my guide, Yusuf, and Minta Travel for their help in organising and translating while on location as well as afterwards as the story was being prepared for print.
Kerry Murray 