Aktivitäten
Photo Exhibition:“The BACKSTAGE
of Tourism”
Verlängerter Einsendeschluss!!
Neuer Einsendeschluss für den Fotowettbewerb - The Backstage of Tourism
ist der 15.05.04 !!
Call for entries extended!!
New deadline for the Photo Exhibition - The BACKSTAGE of Tourism
15th of May, 2004.
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The Backstage of Tourism. Statt Schnappschüssen von „Urlaubs-Paradiesen“ sucht FernWeh – Forum Tourismus & Kritik Fotografien, die unterschiedliche Perspektiven auf Menschen, Orte und Situationen präsentieren. Gesucht werden insbesondere Fotografien, die die Auswirkungen des Tourismus und das Verhältnis zwischen Reisenden und Bereisten reflektieren.
Die besten 15 – 20 Fotos stellt FernWeh in einer Wanderausstellung mit Begleitkatalog der Üffentlichkeit vor. Die prämierten FotografInnen erhalten Geldpreise oder Fotoausrüstung.
call for entries
as pdf-download
Are you interested in discovering
the backstage of tourism?
And do you like taking photographs?
Why not participate in our photo exhibition:
“The Backstage of tourism”!
FernWeh - Tourism Review is looking
for photographs that go beyond the
usual holiday-in-paradise-snaps. Instead
we want to visualise the hidden aspects
of tourism. What happens behind the
curtain on the backstage of the tourist
setting?
The transformation/destruction of
nature and cultural landscapes through
tourism development and the impact
of this destruction on the lives of
local people is one important aspect.
Another aspect is the questioning
of “western” stereotypes
concerning “strange / exotic
/ archaic cultures” (that we
typically find i.e. in brochures of
the tourism industry). People are
often either represented as willing
servants for tourists or as an idyllic
background for a pristine nature setting.
Or they are humiliated by tourists
taking pictures of their poverty.
Instead, we are looking for photographs
that break/ironise these stereotypes.
We are convinced that a closer look
behind the staged tourism performance
will reveal very different, personal
perspectives.
Furthermore, we believe that a focus
on “encounter” or “communication”
will visualise hierarchies in tourism
and how people on both sides cope
with situations of uneasiness, insecurity
or feelings of inferiority/superiority.
To give you some ideas:
Interesting pictures could be photographs
that:
- Show the strangeness/oddities
of tourism settings
- Show the impact of tourism development
on the lives of local people
- Show the opposition of tourists’
leisure to locals’ work
- Visualise intercultural encounters
that occur in unexpected ways
- Reflect expectations of “meeting-people”
and “making-friends”
- Show good / poor communication
between tourists and locals
- Reflect cultural ascriptions,
ionise the cultural gaze, play with
stereotypes
- Show social hierarchies in tourism
(i.e. tourists-locals-immigrants)
- Illustrate how tourism shapes
social hierarchies
- Show strategies of locals to protect
themselves from the behaviour of
tourists
All these aspects may likewise be
presented in a set of photos, that
reveal different perspectives of looking
at people, places or situations.
We also invite you to write a story
about what happens on the backstage
of tourism and visualise it (combination
of photo and text).
Please send your photos with a title
and a short explanation (i.e. place,
idea,...).
Acceptable are prints, slides or
digital photos.
Awards
- The best 15-20 photographs will
be selected for an exhibition and
internet gallery by a team of media
and tourism experts.
- Prizes in cash or photo-equipment
for the winning photographers.
- The 1st prize photographer will
be invited to present his/her photo
when the exhibition is launched
in the summer of 2004.
Perspectives
- A booklet to document the exhibition
will be published.
- The exhibition will be presented
in various countries in Europe (Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, France)
- The photos will be for the use
of FernWeh/iz3w only, however in
case they are sold to other magazines
or newspapers we propose to share
50/50 with the photographer.
Deadline
15th of May, 2004
FernWeh - Forum Tourismus & Kritik
informationszentrum dritte welt -
iz3w -
Postfach 5328
D - 79020 FREIBURG
Tel.+49 - 761 - 7075125
www.iz3w.org
fernweh@iz3w.org
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