Firefighters have slam disaster tourists who risked their lives to grab a selfie as out-of-control blaze threatened but as we research the rise of social media trends which gripped our social media platforms throughout the crisis, we explored is this a growing trend or one that Australia just hasn’t experienced.
Read More“visitors have a role to play in publicising conservation work on the island, but they must take more care when taking photos.”
Photographers at puffin hotspot Skomer Island are crushing birds to death to take the perfect picture, says wardens.
Read MoreHuge crowds made last-minute bids for the summit of Uluru as the countdown to a long-awaited ban on climbing entered its final days – but the monolith in central Australia is now closed to hikers.
Read MoreAfter another tragic social media influencer death at Vaucluse, we talk about the personal struggles on the InstaFame project and the battle to continue the project despite believing in it.
Read More“Locals were “outraged” that within an hour of the Sydney woman’s fatal fall, thrill-seekers were back on the site”.
Post-accident, we uncovered so much is the hype, opportunistic tour operators offer tours to Sydney’s most Instagrammable locations to get the same dramatic shot that others died trying to achieve.
Read MoreVisitors ruin Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan's iconic paper daisy display taking there 'Selfish selfies'.
Native to Western Australia, paper daisies are rarely seen outside the state but every year the Australian Botanic Garden has a sprawling display of white, pink and yellow paper daisies that draws hundreds of people to the site.
Read MoreDoes a united photographic and social media industry all sharing positive messages of education hold the key to actually making a difference?
This canola season we emabarked on a different approach to the growing problem. The result, well we would love to hear what you think.
Read MoreJournalist Jackson Graham covers the InstaFame project about Beech Forest. The article talks about the project started last year with @rmitphotography and was part of the exhibition and how Beech Forest is being effected.
Read More“People who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable” - Kenneth Clark.
A meeting with a light painter and urban photographer led me to question, how can you actually reach someone that doesn’t see what they are doing is wrong?
Read More“Selfies Have Led to 259+ Deaths Since 2011” - Petapixel
It has been widely reported that selfies cause more deaths these days than shark attacks. Now a new study has provided new facts and figures on how at least 259 people have lost their lives while trying to capture smartphone self-portraits since 2011. So why are we still risking it all?
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