The risks of Travel Photography (Part I)


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The risks are not those we are told about: no tiger will devour us and it is unlikely that we will be speared by a savage. A “savage” who, by the way, no longer uses a spear, but a “Kalashnikov”, a much cleaner and safer method of killing, something else that the consumer society has brought with it.


Sometimes the risks come from drinking tea in cups of dubious aspect - to put it elegantly- and of a disquieting color. At other times they come from getting “Holy Water” from the Ganges in the face. But most times, they come from using rusty taxis that have never had a technical inspection as transportation.


On this trip I was lucky: I wasn't required to ingest “Prasat” (the sweet food that you get at the temples as the highest blessing of all), nor to share my plate with the workers at the salt mines (it is interesting to see the level of hygiene of crockery at some places in this part of the world).


I have decided to draw up a list of potential risk factors for travelers/photographers, all of them undoubtedly of great interest to insurance companies. Their order does not imply a risk hierarchy...

Los riesgos de la fotografía de viaje

Los riesgos de la fotografía de viaje

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Fotografiando en el Ganges. Varanasi.

La contaminación de las aguas del río sagrado es alarmante.  El gran misterio es ver cómo los barqueros extienden la mano para llevarse el agua a la boca mientras reman o cómo la gente se baña, día trás día.

Lo cierto es que algunos sobrevivimos al contacto a pesar de la polución.

Aquí os remito a un interesante artículo sobre las aguas del Ganges, en El País ... ¡Publicado en 2009!

¿Es esto Fotografía de viaje? Is this Travel photography?

Swiss Banker at the beach II by Harry Fisch Nomad Expediciones Fotograficas
Harry Fisch. Swiss Banker at the beach...

Esta fotografía la tomé en un viaje familiar. ¿Es fotografía de viaje ? ¿Cuanta distancia hay que recorrer para viajar?

I took this one during a family trip. Will you call it "Travel Photography? Which is the needed distance you need to cover to consider it a trip?

 ¿Qué es un viaje? ¿La separación de lo cotidiano? ¿La visión de otra realidad?



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