When I travel I don’t want to be a tourist, but I am not native. I carry the camera and take pictures – am I then, by definition, a voyeur? What transforms the act of observing, of capturing, from voyeurism to documentary? Thus far, I’ve uploaded the images to flickr, some hang on my walls, I’ve used them in a slideshow…but I don’t think that’s enough. I am still tourista, still the voyeur.
Or does the intent enter into the designation? What was my intent in taking the pictures?
