His castle was a soviet-era student dormitory block, and from there exchange student Matt Ogg set out to discover Prague and Europe. With the rite-of-passage backpack, a camera in hand and a diary full of self-confessed illegible handwriting, he captured his experiences to create his photojournalistic work: ‘Czech Mates: reflections of an Aussie student on exchange’ .

From the gothic spires of Prague to rugged Bulgarian mountains, the Chianti springtime to seagulls in snowy Hamburg, ‘Czech Mates’ is not just a bad pun, but a visual feast and an interesting read