Photography: Picture Spot Series

Disney World is the most visited vacation destination on the planet. Annually 46 million tourists visit the Orlando area. In Sarina Khan-Reddy’s series of photographs entitled “Picture Spot”, she explores the perpetuation of the colonialist image, the construction of the exotic, in Disney’s theme park – Animal Kingdom. She asks the questions: What is authentic? What is the role of photography in tourism? What happens when you construct a scene (a spot) for a tourist snapshot? Does this perpetuate the construction of the other?  Click here to to review  video documentation in Disney’s theme park – Animal Kingdom.

Review: “Picture Spot” Series @ New England School of Art & Design – Big Red & Shiny Issue 12, by Jessica Poser

Review: “The Great Game: A New World Order?”, Maverick Arts, Issue #170, by Charles Giuliano