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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 »
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 »
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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The city of Tokyo wants to stop tourists taking photos of Geishas -- with tensions over the issue reaching boiling point.
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The city of Kyoto wants to stop tourists taking photos of Geishas -- with tensions over the issue reaching boiling point.
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A Holocaust museum has rearranged its exhibit to provide people with fewer opportunities to take Nazi-themed selfies.
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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 »
TMZ has launched a new "Selfie Tour" of Hollywood to help celebrity-spotting tourists improve their photography.
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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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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Israel artist Shahak Shapira has launched an art project called "Yolocaust" to shame disrespectful selfie-takers from the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. boredpanda.com »
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 »
"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 »
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 »
