Since then, he has specialized in Mediterranean countries, although his work has taken him as far afield as the Philippines, Macau, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Botswana, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and many others… For some of J D Dallet's clients, he clocks up around 100,000 miles a year as he travels in search of new images. His reliability and open nature won him the trust and sympathy of his subjects and the high appreciation of the editors he's worked with. Speaking eight languages, ncluding Arabic, helps too.