" Travel is often the source of aesthetic experiences and adventures, and travel narratives, written as well as visual, are an integral part of the centuries-old European literary and art tradition. After the Second World War young artists and writers started travelling around the world again. The purpose of their travels was to immerse themselves in exotic cultures and religions, at the same time as their self was reflected in an unfamiliar environment. " Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir art historian.