Fellow Traveler: Photographer Bjorn Johnston

Los Angeles photographer Jason Travis asks travelers of every stripe—locomoting by plane, train and motorcycle—what’s in their bags in his regular Roam column Fellow Traveler. Find out what this week’s traveler, Bjorn Johnston, considers essential to a well-traveled life.

Photograph by Jason Travis

Photograph by Jason Travis

You Are: Bjorn Johnston

Profession: Skateboarder/Photographer

Home Base: Sydney, Australia

Where Were You Going and Why? I was heading home from a day’s work in the studio.

Photograph by Jason Travis

Photograph by Jason Travis

One Travel Essential You Always Pack: My tool roll! I ride an old motorcycle, and getting to and from a destination is not always guaranteed, so with the tools this roll pretty much can fix anything long enough to get me back on the journey and to my destination.

Photograph by Jason Travis

Photograph by Jason Travis

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