A man overrides his camera's firmware to bring rare pictures of North Korea back
The pictures are not bad, but the captions are incredibly cringe and condescending. Of course he would not bother to tell us how to disable the delete in the firmware. Seriously, I mean, thousands of people have gone on these state-sponsored package tours in North Korea and we see the same set of trains, roads, hotels and attractions that they have really got boring.<p>One photography project I do found interesting is the set below commissioned by Getty Images. The photographers they hired found a loophole in their visa conditions, managed enter NK from Russia and reached Pyongyang on trains rarely used by tourists. They were able to interact more with the locals since the border guards as well as people en route have not been "coached" to speak to foreginers and the whole thing came out feeling much more genuine than these tourist flicks.<p>Selected pictures featured in Daily Mail: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3210256/Fascinating-glimpse-everyday-life-North-Korea-country-steps-brink-war-South.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3210256/Fascinating-...</a><p>Photographer's Portfolio: <a href="http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/search/events/573232783?excludenudity=true&family=editorial&page=1&sort=best&phrase=" rel="nofollow">http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/search/events/573232783?exclude...</a><p>Photographer's written account of their travel (in Chinese), plus a few candid shots that Getty refused to buy:
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