Human Safari

Human diversity is the new wildlife, apparently. Every second honeymooner has glimpsed a lion or stalked a buffalo, but people—ebony-skinned, half-naked, scarred, painted people—are the new wildebeest. Going to photograph and stare at people untouched by the modern world (ignorant of the life and work of David Beckham) is state-of-the-art adventure tourism. Unfortunately for the participant in the human safari—the white one, that is—one's arrival tends to mean that these subjects are no longer untouched. No doubt this is unfortunate for the spotted as well as the spotter, but their opinion—as opposed to their photo—is rarely sought.