cultural tourism and social media: exploration or exploitation ?

[quote="Admin"]Even if you haven't visited a reservation, the question of tourism and photography is also an interesting one. When you travel, or even around home, do you sometimes take pictures of people? Do you ask them before you take their pictures? Or do you just take it?
The example of the Favelas in Rio is a good one, a lot of people take pictures of the houses because they are colourful, but it's actually the poorest place in Rio de Janeiro, it's quite a dangerous place to be for tourists, and does it really show respect to walk around just to take pictures of the houses and poor children in the streets ?

When I travel : yes I take pictures but not with people without their permission ! I prefer take pictures of the landscapes rather than the poverty to make the " buzz"

paulinecarrio a écrit:

Admin a écrit:Even if you haven't visited a reservation, the question of tourism and photography is also an interesting one. When you travel, or even around home, do you sometimes take pictures of people? Do you ask them before you take their pictures? Or do you just take it?
The example of the Favelas in Rio is a good one, a lot of people take pictures of the houses because they are colourful, but it's actually the poorest place in Rio de Janeiro, it's quite a dangerous place to be for tourists, and does it really show respect to walk around just to take pictures of the houses and poor children in the streets ?

I think it's disrespectful to take pictures of people without asking for their permissions, it makes look like they're animals, we're not in a zoo!!

I agree! And besides, even if they do not feel that way, they can feel really bad, seeing a tourist that is wealthy in comparison to them going into their neighbourhood (or country) and take pictures without asking. It can feel like you're only going there to see poverty without doing anything about it.

...But it's still better than covering your eyes and ignoring they exist. It can even inform people about their situation which might help them in the end.
But if you do nothing with the picture, well, I don't think you should take it.

Admin a écrit:Even if you haven't visited a reservation, the question of tourism and photography is also an interesting one. When you travel, or even around home, do you sometimes take pictures of people? Do you ask them before you take their pictures? Or do you just take it?
The example of the Favelas in Rio is a good one, a lot of people take pictures of the houses because they are colourful, but it's actually the poorest place in Rio de Janeiro, it's quite a dangerous place to be for tourists, and does it really show respect to walk around just to take pictures of the houses and poor children in the streets ?

I think you can completly take pictures of people in the street but not in front of their houses. But in my opinion it's important to take pictures of people during a travel because it captures the essence of the place.

When there is a landscape, we take photos about it but when there is someone, we wait that the person leaves and if the person is still presents we don't take the picture.

(Lara and Isciane)