DAS PARADIES
In summertime, when the temperatures in the Gulf State scan easily reach 50 degrees Celcius, it’s inhabitants travel to one of their favorite ‘cooling’ destinations: the Austrian village Zell am See. It receives more than 70.000 Arabic tourists per year.
Journalist Saskia Adriaens and I joined the tourists for a short holiday too.
Published in: Volkskrant Magazine (NL), The Guardian (UK), The National (UAE), Lenscratch (US), Business Insider (US), De Morgen (BE), Ouest France (FR), Algemeen dagblad (NL), Tages Anzeiger (CH), CNN Amanpour (UK), Wired (US), Featured on Fotostudio de Jong, 26 min (NL), and exhibited in a web project of Museo Nazionale Della Montagna (IT)
3th prize Zilveren Camera 2015.
'DAS PARADIES'
The sweet Heidi-like landscapes lies serenely in the springtime sun. Goats graze on the green quilted blanket. The pointy, white tops of the Alps stick out sharply against the bright blue sky. In the ripple-less lake of Zell am See the painting-like mirrored image is visible. "This is paradise as the Quran intended."
By Saskia Adriaens