The Beauty of the Camino is a collaboration between Angelika Schneider, Johnnie Walker and Stephen Shields.
Setting off together on the Via de la Plata from Seville Cathedral: Stephen, Angelika and John.
Stephen and Johnnie are both Scottish and have made Santiago their home. Angelika is based in the UK and cannot retire just yet but the San Clemente restaurant in Santiago is a great place to meet up every so often.
Angelika has walked various Caminos in Germany, France and Spain. Black and white photography helps her to capture the essence of what the Camino is about. “Strip out the colour and a photo can be a lot more atmospheric and expressive. On the Camino there are so many impressions, perhaps we tend to be more open to to the world around us while walking, so there are plenty more photos to be taken.”
Johnnie Walker is retired and lives in Santiago. He has so far written 15 books about the Camino to Santiago including a range of guidebooks and three Spiritual Companions for pilgrims. In his professional career he was founding Director for Scotland for the National Lottery Charities Board, Chief of Staff to the First Minister of Scotland and founding Chief Executive of UnLtd the UK wide Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs which was awarded the Millenium Legacy of £100 million.
Stephen Shields works in the field of educational support for disadvantaged children in the UK, where he has also been a church cantor for over 40 years. He is a Trustee of the charity SHINE, of which he was the founding Chief Executive. Semi-retired, Stephen walks to Santiago as often every year as he can. He also sings in church when he is there. His early career was as a social worker, working with young single homeless. After this he studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Universities of Rome and Salamanca, before being ordained a Catholic priest.
Eddie Ephraums (not pictured) from envisage books made this book become reality with design, managing the printing etc. Eddie is well known in the photography world for managing book projects, as workshop leader, writer and professional photographer. See envisagebooks.co.uk for more information.
A special thank you to Paul Sanders, without whom this book would have never seen the light of day.
The biggest thank you goes to all pilgrims and those who support them.