Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Bridge between Kramarova villa and Prague castle: The number of tourists in Prague increased to eight million last year. The prediction for this year is already nine million foreign visitors. Today walking through the city center is a tourist massage, bigger than ever.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Road to the Charles Bridge: Years ago, I heard the sentence that the Parisian would not go to the Eiffel Tower because of the tourists. Today Prague people would say the same thing. They don't go not only through Charles Bridge or Old Town Square, but they don't visit for example Petrin Tower neither.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Charles Bridge: Years ago, I heard the sentence that the Parisian would not go to the Eiffel Tower because of the tourists. Today Prague people would say the same thing. They don't go not only through Charles Bridge or Old Town Square, but they don't visit for example Petrin Tower neither.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Chotkovy sady: The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Old Town Square: The number of tourists in Prague increased to eight million last year. The prediction for this year is already nine million foreign visitors. Today walking through the city center is a tourist massage, bigger than ever.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Old Town Square: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Old Town Square: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Old Town Square: My mission will be to look for and document the last remnants of the real center of Prague. I will look for artists or vendors who want more than just giving a commission on earned daily sales.
Author: Jan Rasch
Picture description: Prague freak show: The center itself becomes a panoptic of tourist attractions. Polar bear, panda and Mickey Mouse meet in one place. The city gradually loses its genius loci and becomes a popcorn and instagram city in the background of the Prague studio, which will be soon replaced by the backdrop of another city. In the project I want to document the current state of affairs. During one year I would like to point out the problem of the current world-wide tourism which is in Prague, where tourists gradually push their citizens to the outskirts of the cities.
Series description: Pub on wheels - Parisian street: My mission will be to look for and document the last remnants of the real center of Prague. I will look for artists or vendors who want more than just giving a commission on earned daily sales. But in the end my file will be maybe completely different. Maybe Prague councilors will really start to work with tourism in the historic center more visibly. Then this transformation and shift to sustainable tourism will be also in my photographs.
Author: Jan Rasch
