Tagged With: National Geographic
El Salvador: Take Two
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photo: shugyou After publishing the public shame-on-you, National Geographic article last week, I received an e-mail from Kyle Smith over at the fantastic travel films site, TripFilms. Kyle agreed that American media’s tendency to prey on fear is disgusting enough, but their relative obliviousness to the damage they cause is particularly … Continue reading
Shame on You, Lisa Ling & National Geographic: Thoughts About El Salvador
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo * Back in early February, we met with Jose Rochi, El Salvador’s Minister of Tourism, and had a fascinating conversation about the ways in which portrayals of his country by the media of other countries affect tourism in a negative way. Photo: adobemac El Salvador, which has only had a tourism … Continue reading
Book Review: A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs
Me? I’ve always had an ambivalent relationship with photography (see previous post). I love a picture that captures the essence of a person or a place suspended in a particular moment, but I dislike carrying a camera on a trip, especially because I perceive it to be intrusive. In fact, I have few, if any … Continue reading
