Trunk friend and photo genius behind the photography blog This is the What, Kate Osba, has, to our overwhelming delight, published a magazine with work from those photographers covered on her site.

The publication is called This is That, and what you see here is a mere sampling, with the best yet to come when you purchase the magazine HERE.

Featured photographers include Sam Comen, Fiona Aboud, Philip Cheung, Reed Young, Robyn Twomey, and Timothy Archibald.

Go today and check out the Trunk photo exhibit at The Conran Shop New York. Our prints are on display and on sale only for another couple of weeks. Above is a preview of what you’ll see at the store. But trust us, you have to see it in person. Here’s the info:

The Conran Shop New York / 888 Broadway at 19th Street / inside ABC Home on the lower level

Trunk photographer and friend, Martin Morrell, has curated seventeen portraits of men from his travels through India over the past ten years for the Fragonard Museum in Grasse, France. Above is a sampling of what you can expect to see at the show, only infinitely more impressive in person.

Says Morrell, “India has fascinated me since my first visit in 2001, at the same time serene, charming, chaotic and cruel it’s very difficult to put into words the allure of this country but as anyone who has ever visited will know, once is not enough, you have to go back. You never quite know what’s around the corner in India, and many of the photographs in this series are the result of a moment or split second after I had finished taking a picture of something else, entirely different. I had been standing on the frenetic junction of Dasaswamedh Road in Varanasi for some time, hoping to capture an image of some of the chaos of this incredible city, when a small boy stopped in the middle of the traffic for several minutes to watch me. The stillness of this picture belies the reality. When I handed the monk at the Kamalabari Satra Monastery in Assam a polaroid of his portrait he began to cry, he had never seen a picture of himself.”

The exhibition opens on 5th April 2012 and runs until 31 December 2012.

Since 1997 this ocean-rowing race has attracted the brave and the intrepid to pit themselves against the elements and race the 2,900 miles from La Gomera, Tenerife, to Port St Charles, Barbados.

Rowers have to cope with blisters, salt rashes, sleep deprivation and rowing in two-hour shifts around the clock for weeks on end.

Boats are seven meters long and just under two metres wide, with only a small cabin for protection against storms. All boats are equipped at the race start, and cannot take any repair, help or food and water during the crossing.”

Finke was able to photograph both the preparation and the start of the race in December from the Canary Islands, and the first teams arriving in Barbados in mid January after their 2,550 mile journey. The images show the emotion, strength, and challenges of these incredible athletes in this wild race. Once you’ve finished the above slideshow, see even more images from the race here.

I’m a Hispanophile. Lived in Spain for over two years. Obsessed with the language, culture, food, and love the people. We covered Spain’s king of contemporary and future cuisine, Ferran Adrià, in Trunk’s first issue. So in this current issue, we wanted to give a nod to traditional, old school Spanish cuisine, as it is absolutely and unequivocally some of the most delicious stuff on Earth.

And now that we’re in Fall and approaching Winter, there is nothing quite like Spain’s historic and hearty stew, cocido. In addition to what ran in Trunk’s Fall/Winter ’11 issue, here are some more images of this epic dish. These were taken at La Bola restaurant in Madrid, one of the most renowned venues in all of Spain for cocido Madrileño.

Here are some more images from photographer James Whitlow Delano‘s documentation of Indonesia’s volcanoes, specifically Mount Merapi and its eruption one year ago this month. The captions are in his own words.

James shoots only film and almost always in black and white. The photographs you see in this issue of Trunk and in the slideshow above were first printed on paper and then scanned. James’ images have an inexplicable richness to them. We’re not sure if it’s in the metering, the processing, the printing, or the paper. Actuality, it’s all of the above.

Therein lies the difference between digital and analog photography. When shooting digital, you can control/account for lighting and make sure your exposure is spot on. The rest of the “look” or style is achieved on a computer in post production.

Whereas with film, you need to control and manipulate the light, the film itself, the processing, and the printing from start to finish. You can over/under-expose the film, push/pull when you develop–there are tricks and techniques that need to be adhered to rigorously every step of the way with film in order to achieve the desired effect.

This is one of several reasons why it takes guts to continue shooting with film. There’s a larger margin for error, especially since you can’t see how your shots and exposure are turning out, not to mention getting though airport security and x-rays today with film.

These are the pictures from photographer Anna Skladmann‘s portrait project, “Little Adults,” that did not make it into our print layout, for no other reason than we didn’t, unfortunately, have the space to run them. The images are accompanied by anecdotes, in Anna’s own words, of what transpired at each of the shoots and how she was able to capture these precise moments in time.

Photographs by Anna Skladmann/Agency.Photographer.ru

My first contact with Sibella Court was in the early 2000′s, during my tenure in the Travel + Leisure photo department. She went on several assignments with one of our regular photographers at the time. Her role was that of stylist, though she ended up on the cover and on several full-pages in the magazine, from such destinations as Spain, Ireland, and the Grenadines. Hotel rooms and food shots, with her touch, stood out above all others in the issue.

For some reason, which I can’t explain, Australia produces some of the world’s best interior designers and stylists, and Sibella leads the pack. Editorially, she’s worked for the biggest interiors and lifestyle magazines on several continents; has collaborated with brands like Anthropologie, Jo Malone, and Bergdorff Goodman; appeared on Australia’s TV show homeMADE; and has published books, including The Stylist’s Guide to NYC, Etcetera, and her latest due out in December–Nomad: Bringing Your Travels Home. It goes without saying why we felt it was a perfect fit for Trunk’s Fall/Winter ’11 line-up.

The portraits of Sibella and details of her Sydney-based shop The Society, which ran in this issue of Trunk, were taken by photographer Rene Vaile. The above images, taken by Sibella’s own brother Chris Court (a gifted family), are from hwe book Nomad. Sibella explains, in her own words, how she incorporates elements and styles from her travels into home design.

Photographer Bobby Fisher has a gift for taking beautiful pictures that aren’t pretty, which is why his style is such a perfect match for Francois Spies’ narrative of a harrowing journey through the beautiful but overwhelmingly gritty country of Ethiopia.

You can also count on Bobby to find the most compelling images, whether or not they’re on the shotlist, evidenced by his shots from around Addis Ababa, in particular the stunning portrait of a young girl at an easter party, not something you can plan for.

TRAVEL FACTS

Flights
Ethiopian Airlines runs a 15-hour flight from Washington, D.C., to Addis International Airport four times a week. More frequent flights are available from London, Rome, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Frankfurt.

Immunizations
A certificate of yellow-fever vaccination is required upon entry. For a complete list of suggested vaccinations, visit www.cdc.gov.

Hotels
Hilton Addis Ababa. Menelik II Ave.; 800/445-8667 or 251-115/518- 400; doubles from $175.

Sheraton Addis Ababa. Taitu St.; 800/325-3589 or 251-115/171-717; doubles from $272.

Photographer Bettina Lewin and fashion stylist Jürgen Claussen share with us (below) an artful and meta behind-the-scenes video of their photo shoot in northern Germany. Above is a slideshow of the shots that didn’t make it onto the pages of Trunk’s Fall/Winter ’11 issue.

Backstage: East of Eden from Trunk magazine on Vimeo.