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1. Photo Safaris, Postcards and the Social Web
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2. Discovery
consists not in
seeking
new lands
but in seeing
with new eyes.
- Marcel Proust
Photo courtesy Wikipedia

3. Take a picture.
It will last longer.

4. Pictures
Or it didn’t happen

8. Little round planet
in a big universe
Sometimes it looks blessed,
Sometimes it looks cursed
Depends on what you look at obviously
But even more
It depends on the way that you see.
- Bruce Cockburn
Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

9. POV = Point of View
Locals Visitors

10. Local POV
A few reasons
why locals do
want to have
their picture
taken:
• The photograph is
considered a souvenir.
• The photograph shows
something that the local is
proud of

11. A few reasons why locals
DO NOT
want visitors
to take their picture:
Local POV

12. • The photograph is
considered a portrait, and
the subject would prefer to
be well groomed and
dressed in good clothes.
• The photograph is
considered a nuisance. This
is particularly true in
frequently touristed areas,
including markets.
• The request is too abrupt.
• Other photographers have
promised to send a picture
and they have not done so.
• The photograph 'steals the
soul.’
• The photographer will
profit ($) from the photo.
Local POV

13. Visitor POV
A few reasons
why visitors
want to take a
picture:
• The photograph is
considered a souvenir.
• The photograph shows
something that the
visitor wishes to share
with friends and
family.

14. Are there ways in which
localsare empowered to
connect with visitors
in a positive, unscripted manner?

15. Are there times in which
visitorscan collaborate
with locals
using photography?

16. Locals and
Tourists
- Eric Fischer
@enf

18. oaxaca web workshop @ 2008

19. Be Empathetic
Reflect on the
Platinum Rule:
Do unto others
what they wish
that you do unto
them.

21. Ask Permission
The best
recommendation
when taking
photos is to
ask permission.

22. With Permission
With permission,
you might want
to recycle the
info to promote
local travel.

25. josefina y porfirio @ 2010

26. amate books @ 2010

27. Share
Share (print, email, use the social
web) copies of photos for those
photographed.
When you publish via the social web,
let those you have photographed know
where to find the photos and interact.

28. Social Web Channels

29. Be a human selfie stick.
If you spot a family or friends
taking a picture of one
another, offer to take a photo
of them with their camera.
Be Generous

30. Let people be themselves instead of
performing for you. Refrain from
asking for the ‘big smile.’ Instead
show them the photo you’ve taken
and ask if they are content. If they
want to try again, great.
Smile … Or Not

31. Avoid damaging the places you visit
Avoid disrupting the people around you
Avoid

32. 19
AUGUST
Max! photo @ronmader#WorldPhotoDay

33. The daguerreotype is a
photographic processes
developed by
Louis Daguerre
on January 9, 1839.
A few months later,
on August 19, 1839,
the French government
announced the invention
as a gift free to the world. Photo @ Wikipedia

34. A foreigner can photograph
the exteriors of a nation.
No foreigner can report its interior,
its life, its speech, its thoughts.
Knowledge of these things is
acquired in only one way - years and
years of unconscious absorption. One
learns people through the heart, not
the eyes or the intellect.
- Mark Twain
Clipart courtesy FCIT

35. KudosFidel, Andrea, Memo, Enrique y Sara,
Josefina y Porfirio, Aurora, Luis,
Rodrgio y Engraciela, Tito, Enimia,
Lucia, Veronica y Lucia,
Miguel Angel

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37. @ronmader
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