"Romantic Auschwitz": examples and perceptions of contemporary visitor photography at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Issue 2 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dalziel, Imogen
• Is Part Of: Holocaust studies. Volume 22:Issue 2/3(2016)
• Page Start: 185
• Page End: 207
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum -- Holocaust -- photography -- social media -- dark tourism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 940.5318
• DOI: 10.1080/17504902.2016.1148874
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-4902

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Visitor photography at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is becoming increasingly popular in the age of the Internet, social media and digitalization. People visit the Auschwitz Museum for a number of reasons, and their motivations for taking photographs at the site also vary. Several of the primary reasons to photograph Auschwitz given by the sixteen participants in this study will be explored in this paper. The ethical dilemma surrounding the taking of 'selfies' will also be considered.