Jana Ašenbrennerová

Our stay in Phobjikha Valley was among my favorites in Bhutan. So scenic and peaceful. It was a bit could when we arrived and therefore even more so we appreciated already pre-heated, cozy rooms of Dewachen Hotel where we spent the night. @natgeotravel @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #onassignment #bhutan #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #hotel #interiordesign #phobjikhavalley #dewachenhotel #asenbrennerova

Butter tea is widely consumed in Bhutan as well as in other Himalayan regions. We stopped by in a farm house in Phobjikha Valley and local family showed us how to make it and let us try it. They use tea leaves, cow's butter (traditionally yak butter is used) and some salt to make the drink. We were also offered rice-shaped tiny crispy treats to put into the tea. @natgeostudentexpeditions @natgeotravel #bhutan #phobjikhavalley #buttertea #tea #everydayeverywhere #everydaybhutan #natgeo #natgeostudentexpeditions

Camping in Bhutan was rather unexpected experience. When we arrived to the camp in Punakha Valley with our students we were greeted by dressed up staff offering hot towels and drinks. We had carpets outside and inside our tents and regular toilets surrounded by decorative flowers. We had hot showers and stone baths and fresh muffins were served every morning. There was a charing station for electronics and as everywhere in Bhutan - dogs. My idea of camping was forever changed.

#natgeostudentexpeditions @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #onassignment #bhutan #punakha #camping #glamping #nature #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #everydaybhutan

Punakha Dzong (Pungtang Dewa Chhenbi Phodrang) is considered the most beautiful dzong in Bhutan. It was build in 1637-38 and it is the second oldest and second largest dzong in the country. It used to serve as an administrative center for the local government until 1955 when the capital of Bhutan was moved to Thimphu. @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #onassignment #bhutan #punakhadzong #architecture #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #everydaybhutan #asenbrennerova

Bhutan is the only country in the world that doesn't have any installed traffic lights. Traffic is controlled by a policeman who stands in the middle of a busy intersection and directs vehicles as shown here in the country's capital Thimphu. @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #onassignment #bhutan #thimphu #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #everydaybhutan #asenbrennerova #streetphotography #traffic

Meeting people on the street of Paro town #bhutan #natgeotravel #natgeostudentexpeditions #onassignment #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #asenbrennerova @natgeostudentexpeditions

Dogs were omnipresent in Bhutan wherever we went. Here kids are playing in Paro town while surrounded by curious dogs. @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #onassignment #bhutan #paro #dogs #city #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #everydaybhutan #streetphotography #asenbrennerova

Today we hiked to the Taktsang Palphug Monastery (Tiger’s Nest), a sacred Buddhist site in Paro Valley that was first built in 1692. We left at 8am climbing up some steep hills and got back down around 2pm. Very special way to conclude our trip. As everywhere in Bhutan we were accompanied by dogs all the way. @natgeostudentexpeditions #bhutan #onassignment #tigersnest #paro #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #natgeotravel #natgeostudentexpeditions

Our ride from Bumthang to Trongsa was foggy and full of atmosphere with few landslides we passed by on the way. #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #onassignment #bhutan #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #transportation #fog #asenbrennerova @natgeostudentexpeditions

We spent the past couple days camping with our students in Punakha Valley and hiked around to enjoy beautiful views of paddy fields. @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #natgeoexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #punakha #bhutan #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #onassignment

We are glamping alongside Mo Chhu river in Punakha Valley and our students are enjoying traditional Bhutanese hot stone bath infused with Artemisia - a plant that has medicinal purposes. #natgeo #natgeostudentexpeditions #onassignment #bhutan #travel #hotbath @natgeostudentexpeditions

Short video of monks performing cleansing dance during the Nimalung Tsechu festival in Bumthang which we visited today with our students. @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #nimalungtsechu2019 #festival #dance #performance #monks #bhutan

Today we visited Nimalung Tsechu festival in Bumthang, very colorful event full of music and dances performed by monks. @natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #onassignment #bhutan #tsechufestival #performance #monks #everydayeverywhere #everydayasia #asenbrennerova

An unexpected story from Bhutan. Today we flew from Paro to Bumthang and the pilot taking us there was from the Czech Republic! I visited him in the cockpit and couldn't stop thinking how small the world could feel sometimes. It was not just unexpected but also absolutely overwhelming experience. I sure will never forget this flight. Big thanks to Michal Toma, expert on Bhutan from the Czech Republic for this connection. #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #onassignment #bhutan #pilots #flying #everydayeverywhere #asenbrennerova

After our long journey we have finally arrived in Bhutan! #natgeotravel #natgeostudentexpeditions #onassignment #bhutan #everydayeverywhere #asenbrennerova

After months of planing and preparing I’m headed to Bhutan where I’ll lead student expedition together with the one and only @adyindia I am on my way to the airport to pick up our students. Lots of anticipation on both sides, I can imagine. We have a long journey ahead starting in New Jersey continue through Germany then India and hopefully reaching Bhutan nearly couple days later. #natgeotravel #natgeostudentexpeditions #onassignment #bhutan

San Francisco Pride Parade hits the town! Photographed for the San Francisco Chronicle #onassignment #sf #sfpride #sfpride2019 #sanfrancisco #everydaybayarea #lgbt #everydayeverywhere #asenbrennerova

Alcatraz Island has one of the largest microgrids in the United States, located on the roof of this iconic prison. I recently visited Alcatraz to photograph a group of Princeton University students on their field trip during which they explored and learned about the solar panels.

#alcatraz #island #solarpanels #microgrids #fieldtrip #sanfrancisco #ca #everydaybayarea #everydayeverywhere #pickoftheday #renewableenergy #energyefficiency #asenbrennerova

I would like to share few photos from a recently completed project, a campaign #Showus Currently, 70% of women report that they don’t feel represented in media and advertising. Partnering with @girlgaze, @gettyimages and @dove alongside 116 female-identifying and non-binary photographers across the world, we have photographed 179 diverse, beautiful and complex women who we believe represent the change we want to see in the beauty industry. I want to thank to @aminamaselna who was chosen to represent the Czech Republic in this campaign. You can’t be what you can’t see! Take a look at this database to see the women photographed for this project: www.gettyimages.com/showus #girlgaze #dove #gettyimages #czechrepublic #beauty #woman #campaign #portraiture #redhair #everydayeverywhere #onassignment #asenbrennerova

To follow up on my previous post I would like to share another set of images from 420, the "weed day" celebrated in San Francisco. Last year I as well documented the Pot Festival on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park and made a series of portraits of people smoking - enjoying the pot legally for the first time since California legalized recreational marijuana use that year. These are 5 portraits that were my favorites. Photographed for the San Francisco Chronicle on April 20, 2018. #sf #hippiehill #marijuana #onassignment #portraitphotography #everydaybayarea #everydayeverywhere #smoking #420 #people #asenbrennerova

Yesterday was 420, the "weed day" and folks in San Francisco celebrated at the annual Pot festival at Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park. Even though the 420 celebration has been on since 1970s, this is only the second year since it is legal - California legalized recreational marijuana use in 2018. The event at Hippie Hill is transforming into a more commercialized kind of event. Photographed for the San Francisco Chronicle. #onassignment #sf #420 #everydayeverywhere #ggp #goldengatepark #everydaybayarea #hippiehill #marijuana #asenbrennerova

Photographed Joe Montana today, San Francisco 49ers QB, as he was announced by the US Golf Association to be the honorary ambassador for the U.S. Open which will take place at Pebble Beach in June. Montana, former American football quarterback, elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000, is golf enthusiast and poses here with the U.S. Open trophy. Photographed for the SF Chronicle. #sf #sanfrancisco #onassignment #joemontana #usopen #usga #trophy #49ers #sport #profootballhalloffame #asenbrennerova

The Golden Gate Bridge makes for a nice backdrop on this sunny day in San Francisco. #sf #sanfrancisco #everydaybayarea #everydayeverywhere #goldengatebridge #asenbrennerova

Past weekend memories of warm sunny day in San Francisco. #sanfrancisco #sf #alcatraz #weather #everydayeverywhere #everydaybayarea

The Costanoan Rumsen Ohlone Tribe, the indigenous people of the Central California Coastal area, shared their culture yesterday, with the attendees of the first Presidio Picnic of the year in San Francisco. Photographed for the San Francisco Chronicle on March 30. 2019.

#sanfrancisco #presidio #ca #indigenous #people #everydaybayarea #everydayeverywhere #asenbrennerova #onassignment

After years of documenting ball season in the southern part of the Czech Republic, capturing the unique atmosphere these events share, I finally published the piece in the March issue of Reporter magazine to whom I thank for this large spread! #czech #czechrepublic #ballseason #dancing #folklore #photojournalism #tearsheet #reportermagazin #published #asenbrennerova

Exploring Menorca island during this blinding golden hour. View from Talaiotic settlement - archaeological site - Talatí De Dalt. #menorca #island #spain #talatidedalt #talaiotic #archaeology #goldenhour #sunset #travelphotography #canon #canon5dmarkiii #instagood #pickofthday #photooftheday #asenbrennerova

Shipbreakers of Chittagong, an image I took in 2010 in Bangladesh. Visiting this place and talking to the workers about their experience working in the yard, taking old ships apart was powerful experience. This image won the National Geographic Contest in 2010. Till today I consider it the strongest image I have ever taken. I’m sharing it today to enter it in the #natgeo100contest organized by National Geographic on the occasion of reaching 100 million followers with their @natgeo account. I want to thank National Geographic for recognizing this image back then, it was an encouraging start to my career. #natgeo #asenbrennerova

I love photographing dancers and often look for opportunities to do so wherever I am. Flamenco was the latest opportunity. Trying to capture the atmosphere and intense passion and precision these artists express on stage was a challenge. Photographed in Barcelona last summer I thoroughly enjoyed the mastery of all these dancers and musicians while trying to do visual justice to their intense performances. Published in January issue of Xantypa magazine I wrote an article to accompany the photos to share a bit more detail about flamenco. Also photos were on display at Prague’s City Hall as part of Czech Press Photo exhibit. #flamenco #dance #barcelona #spain #europe #canon5dmarkiii #pickofthday #visualstorytelling #canon #tearsheet #xantypa #magazine #asenbrennerova #czechphotographer

Dancer Marina Gonzáles during flamenco performance at Palau Dalmases in Barcelona. Marina started dancing flamenco at the age of 4. Professionally, she dances since she was 18. It is common that the best flamenco dancers start dancing at very early age, José Octaviano Miñano Muñoz, owner of Palau Dalmases club, explains. #flamenco #dance #barcelona #spain #europe #passion #woman #red #visualstorytelling #pickofthday #canon #canon5dmarkiii

Isaac Barbero Rufo faces the audience during his Flamenco performance at Palau Dalmases in Barcelona. I love photographing dancers and often look for opportunities to do so wherever I am. Flamenco was the latest opportunity. Trying to capture the atmosphere and intense passion and precision these artists express on stage was a challenge. Photographed in Barcelona last summer I thoroughly enjoyed the mastery of all these dancers and musicians while trying to do visual justice to their intense performances. Published in January issue of Xantypa magazine I wrote an article to accompany the images to share more detail about Flamenco. Also photos are currently on display at Prague’s City Hall as part of Czech Press Photo exhibit. 

#barcelona #spain #palaudalmases #flamenco #dance #passion #canon #canon5dmarkiii #visualstorytelling #pickofthday #xantypa

Ana Brenes sits on stage while she sings during a performance at Palau Dalmases in Barcelona. In January issue of Xantypa magazine I wrote an article to accompany a photo reportage about Flamenco. Also photos are currently on display at Prague’s City Hall as part of Czech Press Photo exhibit. #barcelona #spain #flamenco #palaudalmases #dance #performance #travel #canon5dmarkiii #singers #picoftheday #canon

Dancer Lourdes Alcántara on stage at Palau Dalmases club during Flamenco performance in Barcelona. “There are many kinds of dancers with variety styles and personalities,” says  José Octaviano Miñano Muñoz, owner of Palau Dalmases, “each one makes you feel something different,“ he explains. #barcelona #spain #europe #dance #dancer #flamenco #canon5dmarkiii #pickofthday #canon #passion #travel #beauty #woman