Tag: Ambroise Tézenas

  • The Allure of Dark Tourism – The New Yorker

    The Allure of Dark Tourism – The New Yorker

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    The Allure of Dark Tourism The French photographer Ambroise Tézenas travelled the world to document sightseers at Auschwitz, Chernobyl, and other disaster sites. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-allure-of-dark-tourism The French photographer Ambroise Tézenas was travelling in Sri Lanka when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck, killing more than thirty thousand people on the island within…

  • ‘Dark Tourism’: Ambroise Tézenas and the Pull of Death

    ‘Dark Tourism’: Ambroise Tézenas and the Pull of Death

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/09/dark-tourism-ambroise-tezenas-and-the-pull-of-death/#1 It’s not unusual for photojournalists to travel to places that have been scarred by genocide, accident and natural disaster. But photographer Ambroise Tézenas has spent the last few years turning that norm on its head to capture what happens to those…