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My article Surreal Photos from Inside the “Fake Vacation” Industry about Reiner Riedler’s series Fake Holidays just went up on GONE, the travel section of Medium:

It’s hot, the water’s warm, and blue skies stretch as far as the eye can see. Which actually isn’t very far at all since, all sensory evidence to the contrary, we’re indoors — clustered inside a giant plastic globe in one of the oldest industrial centers of Northern Europe.

Read the full piece and see some nice big images here.

Germany; Indoor Pool "Tropical Islands" in Berlin Brandenburg

Las Vegas, Riding on a "Flying Carpet"

China, Shenzhen, Wedding Couple in the Themepark Window of the World

Germany; Indoor Pool "Tropical Islands" in Berlin Brandenburg;

China, Shenzhen; Empoyees with Torpedo on the Themepark "Minsk World". The Aircraft Carrier was built in the 70s by the Russians. After that it was sold to the Chinese in the late 90s, who decided to bring the Ship from Russia to China to restore it and

Dubai, Ski Dubai, Indoor Skiing Hall, Portrait in the Icecave

Austria; Vienna; Swinger Club Frivoli

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