honorable mention
Stefan Fercho germany
title
The Joy of Disaster
For my work, I went to see signifcant destinations for Dark Tourism in Europe, always in quest of characteristic tourists‘ interaction with the place: I found exceptional, odd, peculiar and contradictory moments, wich chasten you about this subject.
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entry description
The project deals with tourism of grief and death sites and tragedy and disaster places. What animates people to visit scenes like that? Is it the interest in historical education or pure voyeurism and curiosity? There are 20 years of studies to find the answers. Meanwhile the number of visitors is increasing.For my work, I went to see signifcant destinations for Dark Tourism in Europe, always in quest of characteristic tourists‘ interaction with the place: I found exceptional, odd, peculiar and contradictory moments, wich chasten you about this subject.
about the photographer
Born 1988 in Uzbekistan I grew up in Germany and speak German, Russian and English. After school I trained as specialist for photography and media. Now I’m staff photographer for a member of German parliament and a freelance societal photographer. Furthermore I’m studying photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund.back to gallery