Lifestyle

In marketing, “lifestyles” provide a means by which advertisers and marketers endeavor to target and match consumer aspirations with products, or to create aspirations relevant to new products. Therefore marketers take the patterns of belief and action characteristic of lifestyles and direct them toward expenditure and consumption….

..of sunglasses..

..or Rolex watches..

 In sociology, a lifestyle is the way a person lives. A lifestyle is a characteristic bundle of behaviors that makes sense to both others and oneself in a given time and place, including social relations, consumption, entertainment, and dress. The behaviors and practices within lifestyles are a mixture of habits, conventional ways of doing things, and reasoned actions.

..Morrocan immigrants..

..characteristic behaviour of Brits being exposed to sunlight..

..first communion religious practice..

..lifestyle pets, connecting consumers to animals according to their lifestyle..

..ANIMAL LIFESTYLE..

The broader perspective, some panoramas from Andalucia

Buddhist stupa at the Costa del Sol

Paseo Maritimo at night

La Carihuela

 

 

Observing the world through an LCD-screen.

FIRENZE (FLORENCE)

Ever more they are dominantly present in the street scene: tourists staring at the LCD-screen of their camera. Digitizing their experiences of far away “popular destinations”. “Being there” gets a new meaning.

……

looking at my wife instead of his LCD screen

what do you think honey

capturing the river Arno

 

AMSTERDAM

2 Russians perfectly synchronized

making a pan against gravity

sun on Amsterdam triggers “people jam” in public space

Chinese tourists record their attendance in Amsterdam Red Light District

SPAIN

 

colourfull scene

 

photoshoot at the seaside

recording his tan

Making photos is about conserving memories. In the old analogue days, taking pictures resulted in a photo album, a physical entity that you could show to family and friends. Digital photography has extended the tourists possibilities to collect, conserve and share their memories enormously.

But I keep wondering. What is the impact of transcending from the analogue world (atoms) to digital (pixels). How does the real world relate to cyber world in which we are sharing our memories with anyone who has a PC (As Gnib and many others do…)? Does digitizing our experiences influence our perception? Are memories getting a new meaning?

No, I don’t have answers to these questions. You might have some thoughts. If so, you’re invited to react.

Thnx,

Gnib

Carnaval in Malaga, Spain

Be patient to enter my photogalery on the Carnaval in Malaga 2008….It takes some time, thanks to Adobe and their Photoshop Showcase……. 

Meanwhile you can watch the clip: