Instagram is a social media which makes us dream about having a perfect life and discovering perfect places but it too often represents a fake reality. Thus we decided to deviate from the platform usage to do a reality check of famous destinations in the world. Our instagram account focuses on Paris, Barcelona, Venice and Thailand. In the centre of the feed we can see the typical picture of the place that makes us dream and around it the reality represented in black and white to highlight the difference between the perfect image and the real one.

With the rise of the middle class in emerging countries and the decreasing airline fares, destinations are becoming overcrowded and overly polluted. Despite enabling people to discover the world at cheaper rates, mass tourism has a dramatic impact on the local environment, economy and inhabitants. This aspect of the travelling industry is rarely shown to the public. With the piece of art, we decided to denunciate this phenomenon.

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