Behind The Quest ⋆ A blog about travel, creativity and life seen through the eyes of photographer Sara Melotti. Follow her adventure behind her Quest for Beauty.

CREATIVITY , Instagram , THOUGHTS

INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER – A no bullshit guide to what’s really going on!

April 23, 2017 291 Comments

🇮🇹 ITALIAN VERSION I remember how excited I was when I first started posting on instagram. I finally had a platform to …

ASIA , India , RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL , THOUGHTS , Travel

THE DARK SIDE OF HOLI

October 04, 2017 50 Comments

🇮🇹VERSIONE ITALIANA Holi. The Festival of colors. The Hindu celebration of good overcoming evil, of the arrival of spring and …

CREATIVITY , Instagram , Photography , THOUGHTS

DOES INSTAGRAM CAUSE DEPRESSION? On fakeness, ego and the distortion of reality

January 24, 2018 30 Comments

VERSIONE ITALIANA🇮🇹 Is instagram becoming dangerous for our health? This question has been humming in my head for a at …

ASIA , Photography , RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL , Sri Lanka , THOUGHTS , Travel

THE FAKE STILT FISHERMEN OF SRI LANKA

July 03, 2017 29 Comments

🇮🇹 versione italiana Most people, when hearing the name ‘Sri Lanka’, picture beautiful beaches, elephants and tea plantations. Not me though. …

CREATIVITY , Instagram

INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER 2 -Frauds, an epidemic of fake influencers and the death of Meritocracy

June 18, 2018 23 Comments

Things on Instagram changed a lot over the last year. With $1 Billion invested in influencer-marketing and tens of thousands …

CREATIVITY , Creativity ALL , Photography , RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL , Travel

HOW TO TAKE TRAVEL PORTRAITS ETHICALLY

October 29, 2017 21 Comments

🇮🇹️VERSIONE ITALIANA Taking portraits of the people I meet on my travels is one of the most challenging, inspiring and …

CREATIVITY , Instagram

INSTAGRAM HA CREATO UN MOSTRO 2 – Truffe, l’epidemia di finti influencers e la morte della meritocrazia

June 18, 2018 19 Comments

La situazione su instagram e’ cambiata drammaticamente nell’ultimo anno. Con oltre 1 Miliardo di dollari investiti nell’influencer marketing e decine …

Journal , THOUGHTS , United States

LOVING AND LEAVING NEW YORK – The hardest decision I’ve ever made

January 17, 2017 14 Comments

Recently I went through a pretty major life change, an incredibly irrational and scary one to be exact: I left …

CREATIVITY , Photography , THOUGHTS

IS PHOTOGRAPHY STOPPING US FROM LIVING IN THE MOMENT?

April 06, 2017 11 Comments

March 6 2017 – Ranthambore, India Today I saw a tiger for the first time. We were on a jeep …

ASIA , India , Tips & Guides , Travel

15 TIPS TO SURVIVE VARANASI

June 17, 2017 11 Comments

Varanasi is as India as it gets! It’s crowded, chaotic, intense, dirty, old, nonsensical, beautiful and poetic and it holds …

🇬🇧NEPAL WITH ACTIONAID – STORIES AND LESSONS OF HUMANITY

INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER 2 -Frauds, an epidemic of fake influencers and the death of Meritocracy

JORDAN ADVENTURES – Deserts and World Wonders with WeRoad

DOCUMENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA with ACTIONAID

INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER – A no bullshit guide to what’s really going on!

NOTES FROM THE ROAD – Goodbye India

BEHIND A PORTRAIT

🇮🇹AMORE E PAURA – Pagine dal libro che sto scrivendo

🇬🇧THE IRELAND I LOVE – A quick guide to Cork and surroundings

🇮🇹L’IRLANDA CHE AMO – Guida rapida a Cork e dintorni

🇮🇹HAIR CARE IN VIAGGIO

🇮🇹AMORE E PAURA – Pagine dal libro che sto scrivendo

🇬🇧THE IRELAND I LOVE – A quick guide to Cork and surroundings

🇮🇹L’IRLANDA CHE AMO – Guida rapida a Cork e dintorni

🇮🇹HAIR CARE IN VIAGGIO

🇬🇧NAMIBIA A TRIP AMONG DUNES AND DESERTS

🇮🇹NAMIBIA UN VIAGGIO TRA DUNE E DESRTI

🇬🇧NOTES FROM THE ROAD – Everything changes, everything stay the same

🇮🇹NOTE DALLA STRADA – Tutto Cambia, tutto rimane uguale

🇬🇧10 DAYS IN IRAN – A few info & tips

🇮🇹L’IRAN È SICURO? – Un roadtrip indimenticabile nell’antica Persia

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