Japanese City Hires Security Guards to Stop Tourists Taking Selfies

A picturesque port city in Japan has hired security guards to control selfie-taking tourists at a popular photo spot.

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2025-1-31 15:41

Scottish People Use AI to Trick Tourists Into Thinking Haggis is a Real Animal

Haggis is as Scottish as tartan and ginger hair. But many foreigners are clueless as to what haggis actually is and Scots are using AI images to fill in the blanks. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-1-30 18:39

Tourists Banned From Taking Selfies on Iconic ‘Surfer’s Rock’ Over Fears It May Collapse

Tourists have been banned from taking selfies at a popular cliffside photo spot over fears that the rock will break due to the sheer number of people who have posed on it. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-1-23 18:17

Photographer Films Yellowstone Park Tourists Blocking Grizzly Bear’s Path

A photographer filmed a crowd of Yellowstone Park tourists blocking a grizzly bear from crossing a road so that they could take photos of the animal. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-19 18:05

Tourists Ignore Yellowstone Park Ranger’s Warnings to Take Photos of Grizzly Bear

Tourists were filmed actively ignoring a Yellowstone National Park ranger's instructions to keep away from a roadside grizzly bear so that they could take photos of the animal. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-5 16:07

Tourists Jump Barrier to Take Photo at Edge of 317ft Waterfall in Yosemite Park

A pair of tourists jumped over a barrier at the top of a waterfall in Yosemite National Park and took a photo at the edge of the 317-foot drop. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-6-25 15:45

Tourists Are Poking Holes in the Screen Erected to Block Photos of Mount Fuji

Tourists have been poking camera lens-sized holes in a black screen erected to obstruct a popular view of Mount Fuji in Japan. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-5-29 21:50

Town to Make Mt. Fuji View Worse Because of Misbehaving Tourists

Due to a significant surge in tourism, Japanese authorities will build a large barrier to block views of Mount Fuji within Fujikawaguchiko, a town of about 25,000 residents located in the foothills around Mt. Fuji. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-4-26 21:36

Huge Shark is Brought Ashore So That Tourists Can Take Selfies With It

A huge shark was caught on a fishing line and brought ashore onto a Florida beach for people to take photos and selfies with the animal. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-29 18:11

Tourists Fight Over Selfie Spot on Top of 15,000 Foot Mountain

A group of tourists were filmed fighting for the best selfie spot at the top of a 15,000 foot mountain in China.

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2024-3-27 19:10

Tokyo Wants to Stop ‘Paparazzi’ Tourists Taking Photos of Geishas

The city of Tokyo wants to stop tourists taking photos of Geishas -- with tensions over the issue reaching boiling point.

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2024-3-1 19:14

Kyoto Wants to Stop ‘Paparazzi’ Tourists Taking Photos of Geishas

The city of Kyoto wants to stop tourists taking photos of Geishas -- with tensions over the issue reaching boiling point.

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2024-3-2 19:14

Holocaust Museum Changes Exhibit to Stop Tourists Taking Selfies With Nazi Uniforms

A Holocaust museum has rearranged its exhibit to provide people with fewer opportunities to take Nazi-themed selfies.

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2024-1-31 17:49

Venice Tourists Capsize Gondola After They Refuse to Stop Taking Selfies

A group of tourists capsized a gondola in Venice after they refused to listen to their gondolier's requests to sit down and stop taking selfies. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-12-9 18:01

TMZ Launches Hollywood ‘Selfie Tour’ To Help Tourists Improve Their Photos

TMZ has launched a new "Selfie Tour" of Hollywood to help celebrity-spotting tourists improve their photography.

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2023-11-22 20:28

Selfie-Taking Tourists Caused Newborn Pony to Fall From Cliff

People taking selfies with ponies at a tourist hotspot reportedly caused a newborn pony to fall to its death from a cliff.

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2023-9-26 19:22

Tourists Caught Sprinting Toward Mama Bear and Cubs in Yellowstone

Despite constant pleas from officials and wildlife experts, tourists in Yellowstone National Park continually ignore safety guidelines and get way too close to wild animals, putting not only themselves at risk but callously putting the animals in harm's way. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-9-15 22:24

Photographers and Tourists Are Getting Way Too Close to Bison

Visitors to Yellowstone Park are getting too close to bison in pursuit of a great photo -- with some having to flee to avoid getting gored. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-1 00:09

Italian Town Fines Tourists $300 for Lingering ‘Too Long’ to Take Selfies

An Italian holiday town has introduced hefty fines for tourists who linger "too long" to take selfies in popular photography spots. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-4-21 18:30

Tourists in Our Own Reality: Susan Sontag’s Photography at 50

This year marks 50 years since Susan Sontag’s essay "Photography" was published in the New York Review of Books. Slightly edited and renamed In Plato’s Cave, it would become the first essay in her collection On Photography, which has never been out of print. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-2-12 19:22

Tourists Accidentally Kill Seal Pup After Trying To Take Selfie With It

A pair of tourists accidentally killed a seal pup after dragging the animal from the ocean so they could take a selfie with it. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-10-11 21:58

Tourists’ Gleeful Reactions at Seeing a Volcanic Eruption for the First Time

Photographer Vilhelm Gunnarsson came up with a novel way of documenting the recent volcanic activity in Iceland by capturing the reactions of tourists and visitors to the eruption. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-8-18 18:04

Chernobyl After HBO: Exploring the Hidden Places Tourists Don’t See

Last year, more than 120,000 tourists visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and in 2020 that number is expected to double. Mass tourism has forever become a part of the Exclusion Zone, mostly because of the successful HBO series “Chernobyl. petapixel.com »

2020-2-21 02:17

Professional ‘Pigeon Spookers’ Help Tourists Nail Instagram Photos

Here’s a photo-related job you’ve probably never heard of before: professional “pigeon spooker. ” Pay a visit to certain areas of Thailand, and you may come across people who now make a living by helping tourists capture the perfect travel photo by scaring pigeons. petapixel.com »

2019-10-16 21:11

Easter Island tourists put iconic statues at risk to get nose-picking selfies

The remote volcanic island Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island, is under threat from tourists seeking a particular variety of images taken with the island's iconic oversized head statues (moai): nose-picking. dpreview.com »

2019-5-21 20:07

Tourists are destroying New Zealand's iconic Lake Wanaka tree for Instagram photos

The solitary tree found in New Zealand's Lake Wanaka—an iconic landscape photography subject—is at risk of destruction if tourists, particularly Instagrammers, don't start showing it more respect. dpreview.com »

2018-1-30 23:38

Man Shames Tourists for Stepping Near Yellowstone Hot Springs for Photos

Late last month, a man named Jeff H. was walking on a trail in Yellowstone National Park when he noticed a group of tourists ignoring warning signs and standing next to one of the famous hot springs for close-up photos. petapixel.com »

2017-8-22 23:37

Artist Shames Disrespectful Holocaust Memorial Tourists Using Photoshop

Holocaust memorials are somber places designed to honor the memories of the millions who lost their lives in the genocide, but tourists at the memorials can often be seen posing for lighthearted and disrespectful photos. petapixel.com »

2017-1-21 20:40

Artist Shames Tourists Taking Disrespectful Selfies At The Holocaust Memorial Site In Berlin (NSFW)

Israel artist Shahak Shapira has launched an art project called "Yolocaust" to shame disrespectful selfie-takers from the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. boredpanda.com »

2017-1-21 10:28

Photographer Tells Off Tourists Ruining Everyone’s Photos in Hawaii

Thomas Heaton became everyone’s hero recently when he decided to tell off some inconsiderate tourists ruining everybody’s view of a lava flow in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park. Heaton, whose landscape photography YouTube channel has become very popular, recently took a trip to Hawaii where he (of course) decided to bike out to capture a sunset […] petapixel.com »

2016-12-15 01:14

Contemplative Images of Famous Interiors Without Selfie-Stick Holding Tourists

"I am a French photographer living in London, and my work focuses on historic architecture & heritage interiors. " says photographer Tamara Sredojevic about her work in an email pitch. According to her, she likes to work with empty buildings. thephoblographer.com »

2016-11-15 08:02

Tourists Blasted For Posing with Fragile Marine Life on Malaysia Beach

A group of tourists are being blasted on social media for sharing incriminating photos of themselves posing with marine life plucked from the sea while visiting a to Semporna beach in Malaysia. The tourists, thought to be from China, can be seen with corals and starfish in their hands while holding a WorldVentures travel club placard that reads ‘You Should Be Here’. digitalrev.com »

2016-10-18 03:00