Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
A few years ago in China
I stumbled again about my pictures and thought, time to redo my old post I made way back on April 8, 2015, on my old WordPress DETART blog and add a few more information and pictures.
BEING A TOURIST OR THE ATTRACTION
After so many years of individual traveling all around the world, **China** was a quite long time on my list. I've been often in Asia but I was always respectful of my concern – the language barrier – as I can’t speak any Chinese and with so many people not speaking English. But nowadays you find a small but fair amount of English speaking people.
The first days of my travel I figured out something else which made me think.
EIN TOURIST ODER DIE ATTRAKTION ZU SEIN
Nach vielen Jahren des Reisens rund um die ganze Welt, war China bereits eine ziemlich lange Zeit auf meiner Liste der Reiseziele. Ich hatte aber immer reichlich Respekt vor der Sprachbarriere, da ich kein Chinesisch spreche und so viele Menschen in dem Land so gar kein Englisch sprechen. Aber heutzutage findet man such in China eine kleine, aber feine Anzahl von englischsprachigen Menschen.
In den ersten Tagen der Reise ist mir noch etwas anderes aufgefallen, was mich zum Nachdenken gebracht hat.
Do I’m a Tourist or the Attraction?
Many of nearly every cultures has some different behavior and this is something I, as a guest in a country, have to accept and respect. But see what happened here in China - I like to ask for your feedback.
In vielen oder fast allen Kulturen gibt es unterschiedliche Verhaltensweisen, und das muss ich als Gast in einem Land akzeptieren und respektieren. Aber hier in China ist mir etwas aufgefallen und möchte ich Dich um Dein Feedback bitten.
This nice-looking lady forgot to switch off the flash of her smartphone or just didn't care about
Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
Hey Hive Family
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Today China back in 2015
Picture it
So whenever you visit a place here in China, you logically meet a lot of local people and they see you as someone who looks different.
This is all around the world, but here they look at you as if you are from outer space. They watch you, follow each of your activities with their eyes and they stop doing whatever they did before. All this is fine and I know it from many other places of the world.
Wenn man also einen Ort hier in China besucht, trifft man logischerweise auf viele Einheimische, und die sehen einen als jemanden, der anders aussieht.
Das ist überall auf der Welt so, aber hier sehen sie dich an, als kämst du aus dem Weltall. Sie beobachten dich, verfolgen jede deiner Aktivitäten mit ihren Augen und hören auf, das zu tun, was sie vorher getan haben. All das ist in Ordnung und ich kenne es von vielen anderen Orten auf der Welt.
Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
But in the age of mobile devices now people place themselves in front of you, grab their mobile phone or smartphone and start – without saying a word – making pictures of you as the attraction of the day. As you see, in this case, they do pictures of me.
You may name me a little bit security-minded German, but – Hey – before I take a picture for anybody else, I have to ask.
Aber im Zeitalter der mobilen Geräte stellen sich die Menschen vor Sie, nehmen ihr Handy oder Smartphone in die Hand und beginnen - ohne ein Wort zu sagen - Bilder von Ihnen als Attraktion des Tages zu machen. Wie Sie sehen, machen sie in diesem Fall Bilder von mir.
Sie mögen mich ein wenig sicherheitsbewusstes deutsches Wesen nennen, aber - hey - bevor ich ein Foto für jemand anderen mache, muss ich fragen.
Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
Even better picture the Kids - Fotos der Kinder
Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
I travel with kids and we did many tours together with another family to a nice pagoda and other tourist locations.
Now some people jump in front of our Kids, grab their Selfie smartphone and do – without any question – a picture with the kids as if they are some nice animals or a wonderful flower.
We always ask our kids if it is OK for them and most of the time they enjoy the attention from other people.
But please tell me your idea and your feeling about this….
Ich reise mit Kindern und wir haben viele Ausflüge mit einer anderen Familie zu einer schönen Pagode und anderen touristischen Orten gemacht.
Jetzt springen manche Leute vor unsere Kinder, schnappen sich ihr Selfie-Smartphone und machen - ohne zu fragen - ein Bild mit den Kindern, als wären sie nette Tiere oder eine wunderschöne Blume.
Wir fragen unsere Kinder immer, ob das für sie in Ordnung ist, und meistens genießen sie die Aufmerksamkeit von anderen Menschen.
Ich bin mal gespannt was Dein Meinung dazu ist....
Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
No photo rule - This doesn't work
as you see
Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
He even uses zoom to picture me
Picture by @detlev from the #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking campaign
But what to do?
As a well-equipped mobile traveler, I started to react to the pictures of these people and I started to enjoy creating this little collection of people who did pictures of me.
There will be soon many more on Instagram with the hashtag #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking
You will see the same on my Google+ (yeah we had this back in 2015) and some other sites.
If you enter in a similar situation, please tell me. Feel free to use my hashtag for your pictures. I would love to get your link here as a comment
Finally, I wish you will have some fun with this.
Als gut ausgerüsteter mobiler Reisender habe ich angefangen, auf die Bilder dieser Personen zu reagieren und es hat mir sehr viel Spaß gemacht, diese kleine Sammlung von Leuten zu erstellen, die Bilder von mir gemacht haben.
Es wird bald viele weitere Bilder davon auf Instagram geben die den Hashtag #PeopleWhoDidPicsOfMeWithoutAsking nutzen.
Das Gleiche werden ich auf meinem Google+ (ja, das hatten wir noch in 2015) und einigen anderen Seiten sehen.
Wenn Du Dich in einer ähnlichen Situation befinden, sagen Sie es mir bitte. Fühlt euch frei, meinen Hashtag für eure Bilder zu verwenden. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ich euren Link hier als Kommentar bekomme.
Abschließend wünsche ich euch viel Spaß dabei.
Other parts in China
Sure, we went to Xi Am to see the terracotta army, but this might be another post later on. This was a magical place and what a story. Have a read at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army
OHhhh - was my word
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No, No and No this is utterly wrong!!
But I’m curious tho how were you able to take pictures of them too?
This was easy, I had my smartphone always ready and these people don't act hidden and fast. They stand slowly and relaxed just in front of you and do a picture. Enough time for me to do the same.
Yes, it feels strange.
Lol so you guys have a photo contest 😂😂
This is funny, like I’m trying to wrap my head around it
I felt a bit more like beeing in an old western movie where we use cmas and smartphone instead revolvers.
AND we where much better dressed. ;-)
Lol i can imagine😄
Wow! This is something unique. I am amazed how you managed to get pictures of the people who took pictures of you. Might be your phone or camera is always in front of you too.
Hmmm taking pictures of me? I haven't found one yet except those requested pictures. But you're right, we can ask permission to people if we could take their pictures, that's respect but in reality there are many cases that we take pictures without their permission, that's a stolen pictures hehehe.
Yea, there are other rules in other cultures
That's pretty wild. I ask even when taking a picture of a car or motorcycle.
Same same here.
But other countries have other cultures
This is how I take pictures too, Without permission ...lol as long as I am fascinated by what I see. Most times the people involved will become curious and ask questions, I'll let them know I will not be using them for anything that would damage their image or reputation. it relaxes them, and some of them strike poses for me..lol
Hehe, sounds cool.
But in China 🇨🇳 it felt different
@detlev detlev photos, thanks for sharing
Nice travel! I think that I would not appreciate others taking photos of me with no consent. Especially if I had some kids of minor age.
I see that it may be habit here and there, but not all habits are always respectful and "legit". So I would eventually put a burka on instead of trying to dissuade all of them from taking pictures of me 🤣🤣