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I have been creating calendars for the past 15 years! I am overjoyed that I have been able to document and present my beautiful country in this type of medium. These calendars make up a a series that has focused on varying themes of Trinidad and Tobago. I believe in creating local content that features the culture, history and beauty of our country. The high-quality calendar, with its 12 gorgeous landscape photographs, not only adds an element of beauty when displayed, but also helps to keep you organized throughout the year. Printed locally as well, this collector’s item has found its way into many homes and offices and makes a beautiful gift for friends locally and abroad.

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2026 CALENDAR

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ABOUT THE CALENDAR

Local literature serves as both a mirror and a map for society — allowing us to see ourselves, remember where we’ve come from, and imagine where we might go. This fifteenth edition of the calendar celebrates how authors who write about Trinidad and Tobago capture this place — how they notice, interpret, and translate our landscapes, language, and ways of living into story. These writers, born of this soil or drawn to it, offer us ways of seeing home: the familiar streets, hills, beaches, and rhythms that become newly beautiful when rendered in words.

Many of these stories are told in our native tongue, in dialogue and prose that pulse with the rhythms of everyday life. Our master authors stand alongside a new generation of talented writers who continue to craft stories into existence every day. Together, their words shape national identity, illuminate history and social realities, and expand the literary canon with narratives that emerge authentically from within our culture.

From twelve selected books, I’ve chosen excerpts that reveal how writers look at and live in this place — from the light, colour, and movement of daily life to the quiet pauses, rituals, memories, and moments of reflection, to first encounters and enduring devotion. Paired with photographs of local landscapes, these passages invite you to pause, to see, and to feel the beauty of Trinidad and Tobago anew. My family’s book club, now in its fourth year, inspired this project, as several of the featured works were drawn from our reading list.

I hope this calendar encourages you to seek out and support local literature — perhaps even reading one of these books in the very places showcased here — and to celebrate the power of our stories to make the familiar extraordinary. Part proceeds from this year’s calendar will go toward purchasing books for two school libraries in Trinidad and Tobago. May this work bring moments of recognition, discovery, and joy as you journey through the year.

The two pages at the back of the calendar have additional information about each image which I hope you enjoy.

$100TT ($125TT in stores) / $20US - 12-month Calendar - 12 inches x 9 inches (closed) - Features the main holidays of T&T, USA, Canada, UK - Gives info about each theme - Room to jot down schedule - Ships Worldwide

Calendar Collection

2023

Walking through various landscapes of T&T, I reflect on the many people throughout history who have walked through these same places and what stories these spaces possess. I meet and chat with people as I take photographs all over T&T and learn so much more about our country. For my 2017 Calendar, ‘Our Story’, I started the process of interviewing people and presented snippets of some of the stories I recorded in that calendar. The individuals, who were all born before 1956, shared knowledge and many interesting memories from their lives as well as reflections about our country. I always wanted to share more of these stories, and the Cultural Studies course that I am currently doing was the inspiration I needed to share these pieces with you all for this new calendar. My classes have been a huge reminder that we must continue to learn, document, and share the knowledge gathered about our culture. These excerpts are part of the oral history of our country, and they form a small portion of the collective story that makes up T&T.

Under each photograph, there is a short caption and on the back two pages, I share more excerpts along with information about the locations photographed. I have chosen images of places in both Trinidad and Tobago and these spaces have heard and nurtured these same stories through the years. I hope you enjoy hearing these stories and learning more about our country.

Contributors: Audrey, Ayleen, Cecil, Eula, Hamlet, Hugh, Jean Claude, James, Kumar, Louis Paddy and Pat. Thank you for your time and your words.

2022

Those who are fortunate to call Trinidad and Tobago home sometimes take the diversity and beauty of our culture and landscape for granted. We seldom take the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the many experiences we have right here and become out of touch. Sometimes it’s through the eyes of visitors, especially those from the diaspora, that we remember and reconnect to the rhythm and essence of our magical twin-island republic. Once rediscovered, stories, memories and facts resurface, restoring a sense of awe and appreciation for what is all around us. This calendar tells a tale about a journey of discovery of one such visitor who (with the aid of a mythical character) begins to reconnect with and remember this wonderful land. I hope this calendar encourages us all, including those who visit for the first time, to explore our land and experience the culture, food, stories and sounds. Just like the visitor in the story, I hope we all renew our love affair with our home as we reaffirm that we are T&T.

Artwork Collaboration
For the longest time I’ve wanted to do a collaboration with Satori, where he adds his creative input to my photographs. Satori is one of my favourite artists and he is someone who deeply loves this country. I knew that his input in this project would add a new dimension for the viewer to contemplate and enjoy.

Satori says, “For a full decade Ariann’s photographs have been transporting me, monthly, to places all too familiar, proximate if not taken for granted, yet all the more majestic when seen through the eye of the expert (read: enlightened) other. Naturally then, this year’s collection and the accompanying narrative provoked from me a sort of mirrored journeying, where personal and collective archetypes served as bridges to hidden, unsettled, but no less active worlds, perhaps underlying those that a camera might capture. The eventual recombination of my drawings with her pictures seek to make this journeying more explicit, and hopefully spur the viewer to explorations of their own, whether inward, external or both.”

2021

While preparing for this calendar, most of the world was under “stay at home” orders due to the global pandemic. Trinbagonians both here and abroad, lamented at the fact they could not enjoy their favourite nature spots, promising that as soon as they could, they would not take those activities for granted! For this calendar, I wanted to present that discussion and reflection of valuing and celebrating what is around us. Along with the photographs, I included excerpts of these expressions from several contributors, citizens who live both at home and abroad, who shared their reflections, memories of driving and enjoying various natural aspects of our country! They also share how they feel during this year of pandemic, voicing like all of us a longing for the natural spaces we love. The musings about this land, a paradise, our home, make me smile and I hope they bring joy to you too.

For the visuals, I chose to feature water – 12 of the beautiful beaches, rivers, waterfalls and wetlands, of which Trinidad and Tobago is blessed to possess. For many, water is a part of us. The sea connects each island to the other and with the rivers, provide the places that citizens choose to rejuvenate themselves. I think for us Trinbagonians, gazing, or immersing oneself in our warm waters is not only soothing but probably a primordial element of being from Our Paradise Islands.

2020

Trinidad and Tobago is blessed with a landscape that is as diverse and rich as the culture and history of its people. This year I wanted to share the experiences of 12 persons as they reflect on places that they love and have explored. Hearing them talk about our country was like poetry - love stories to a place that has given birth to a unique and beautiful land which is there for us to experience and keep us energized.

I have chosen 12 landscapes that illustrate and animate the narratives and under each image, I have included some quotations from the conversations. I want to thank all of the contributors for their commitment and their willingness to share their special places with us. It is my belief that this calendar will encourage readers to explore our country anew and discover for themselves the unique experiences that these places offer.

The two pages at the back have additional information about each image. They were chosen out of many others to be able to present a good mix of places that are easily accessible, have interesting historical, cultural or environmental attributes and provide an opportunity for us to explore and celebrate Trinidad and Tobago.

2019

The landscape that surrounds us in Trinidad and Tobago is breathtaking. The breeze rustles through the trees in the forests, the sun highlights the brilliant colours of the countryside, the dusk introduces new hues and outlines the interesting shapes of the trees, the full moon creates mysterious shadows contributing fodder for our folk tales and the ocean waves grace our shores creating a pulsating rhythm that seems to be in harmony with the flora and fauna.

Our islands boast many talented musicians, who were no doubt motivated by this beautiful land at some point in their career, expressing their love for the landscape and culture in their music. Songs are one way to share our story from our perspective, preserving our history and culture for generations to come. Whenever these songs are played, they immediately fill us with good vibrations as the pulsating rhythms transport us back to the land we love.

Our nation’s natural beauty and its music are two of its greatest assets. This year, I am featuring 12 of some of the beautiful and varied landscapes found in Trinidad and Tobago. I have chosen to promote 12 of the many songs which invoke nostalgia and pride in not only our culture but also in our beautiful country. I wish in this way to pay tribute to all our beloved musicians and thank them for their invaluable contribution. I hope you are motivated to play the full tracks from these songs as you enjoy the imagery throughout 2019.

2018

This year we take a look at stories from 50 years ago by reviewing articles from the Trinidad Guardian of 1968 and juxtaposing these stories with images from Trinidad and Tobago in the present.

What an interesting exercise this turned out to be! The calendar takes you on a reflective journey where some articles make us revel in the past— the article about the masquerador who played seven characters and ended up winning more prize money than the 1968 Carnival Band of the Year (February).

Some articles make us think about development that took place and how much has changed, for instance the view from Fort George (October) that accompanies the article on the re-opening of the fort after restoration fifty years ago. Perusing the article on ‘Big Tourist Plans for Pigeon Point’ (January) one cannot help but be pleased that the Bay is still so picturesque and brimming with activity despite this development not occurring as planned.

In the case of the story of the train (December) and the end of the sugar cane cultivation (May), the modern images still hint at a possibility of revival. The image of one of the isolated bays of Chacachacare makes the legacy of the ‘Magnificent 47’ (March) so much more heroic and suggests exciting redevelopment possibilities for the future.

When one considers how much Divali has become a part of the National psyche it is surprising that this festival of lights has only been a public holiday for 50 years!

Many of the articles describe a life and a people that still exist. Just look at the beautiful scenes in Tobago (April, July and September), the parts of Chaguaramas that are still pristine (August) and the whimsical scene taken recently in Belmont that has not changed much of its character since the Coelho Bakery was established (June). Read more on some of these fascinating stories in the additional pages at the back.

2017

This year, we aim to highlight our Country’s collective story - our history and culture that is our heritage. Twelve persons from various locations in Trinidad and Tobago were interviewed and the images chosen were inspired by these conversations. Each month features one of those images with a series of short quotations from the particular conversation. Two pages at the back have additional information about the site. More documentation on our history and heritage can be found on the websites of the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago and the Citizens For Conservation.

2016

"We all want to create more balance and peace in our lives. We go off on retreat, on vacation or for a walk through nature to get some clarity, tranquility and feel happiness as we rest our bodies and minds. This 2016 calendar explores ways of extending that peace and joy into our everyday lives and into the spaces where we spend the majority of our time i.e. at work and at home. With this series I want to encourage you to visualize the merging of your two worlds. Actual home and work situations are blended with the beautiful and peace inducing landscapes of Trinidad and Tobago. As you visualize I hope you will be inspired to bring the good vibes into your spaces, minds and hearts and perhaps incorporate elements of your favourite places into your everyday environment."

2015

This Calendar focuses on traditional festivals in the multi-ethnic, culturally rich country of Trinidad and Tobago. Out of the many that occur each year, Citizens for Conservation chose events that have been celebrated for several decades; are uniquely ‘Trinbagonian’; embrace all who want to participate and are significant contributors to our heritage. An aspect of the chosen festival is highlighted each month with a short explanation. More about each festival is provided on the website along with contact information of persons who are involved.

2014

This Calendar is one of a series of initiatives to promote awareness of the built and natural heritage of Trinidad and Tobago. CFC chose places that are still in active use to emphasize that these sites can be sustainably managed. We believe that locations such as these can be important contributors to the national economy in terms of heritage tourism as well as preserve important elements of our national identity.

2013

All one needs is a quick stroll though a natural space to start to feel its positive effects. Imagine what could happen if we spent more time enjoying the incredible places that surround us? Harmony - the Series, explores this impact of nature and in particular, the effect that the outdoor experience can have on us. To portray this I painted the models in bright colours to display the positive emotions one could experience while relaxing in some of our most beautiful landscapes. Rather than blending into the space, the harmony between man and nature results in the radiation of its amazing energy!

Taken on the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago which boast spectacular landscapes and eco retreats, there is no better environment in which to remember to be present and be one with nature. Take time to enjoy the outdoors and you will notice the feeling you experience stays with you throughout the day.