BRAD TORCHIA SHOOTS FOR CONDE NAST TRAVELER

Brad journeyed to the remote Marquesas Islands in the heart of the South Pacific for the award-winning magazine. He explains, “I traveled lightly with only two cameras and two lenses, as I needed to stay nimble. To get around, I traveled on small airplanes, took boats across heavy seas, jumped in and out of pickup trucks on barely passable roads, and hiked steep inclines. There were few to no people around, so I focused on the primal nature of the land, the colors and textures, and the deeply simple way of life.”