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LSE Literary Festival, 3 rd March 2012 Tourist photography in Ladakh, North India Alex Gillespie a.t.gillespie@lse.ac.uk Lost Horizon (1937) Seven Years in Tibet (1952) Seven Years in Tibet (1997) National Geographic (1978) Trekking in

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LSE Literary Festival, 3rd March 2012

Tourist photography in Ladakh, North India

Alex Gillespie a.t.gillespie@lse.ac.uk

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Lost Horizon (1937)

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Seven Years in Tibet (1952)

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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

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National Geographic (1978)

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Trekking in Ladakh (2004)

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National Geographic (1978)

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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

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Barry: I try not to be, em, to take pictures of the people, though, em, I want to Tom: I feel embarrassed to do it, because it is like, like making them feel freakish Barry: It’s like “look at the freaks there!” – that’s just horrible for the people

Where are the photos of the people?

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Me: What pictures have you taken? Marten: […] Also of people, em, really sneaky, but em, but em, I’m sure they don’t know, but it’s different from shoving such a lens in someone’s face from a metre distance Me: But if you were going to photograph people, who would you choose to photograph? Marten: The old women - of course - and old men Me: Why? Karen: Because they look nice, Marten: Their characteristics (pause) but when you want to take a picture of an old woman, try to have a little relation with them, not like run through the country and take some pictures– like Japanese!

Tourist Contradictions

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Me: What pictures have you taken? Marten: […] Also of people, em, really sneaky, but em, but em, I’m sure they don’t know, but it’s different from shoving such a lens in someone’s face from a metre distance Me: But if you were going to photograph people, who would you choose to photograph? Marten: The old women - of course - and old men Me: Why? Karen: Because they look nice, Marten: Their characteristics (pause) but when you want to take a picture of an old woman, try to have a little relation with them, not like run through the country and take some pictures– like Japanese!

Tourist Contradictions

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Picture Book: “Hidden Faces of India” By: Palani Mohan

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An image from “Hidden Faces of India”

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