Using volunteer-employed photography: seeing St David's peninsula through the eyes of locals and tourists.
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Abstract
This article defines and discusses the strengths and limitations of volunteer-employed photography (VEP). VEP is one of a range of participatory research techniques which focus particularly on the visual dimension of a person's experience, be it of the place where they live or somewhere they are visiting, of a special event or of their daily routine. Three pilot surveys were undertaken in St. David's Peninsula in Great Britain in July and August 2006 on a random sample of ten tourists. Findings and literature review show that VEP has considerable potential as a tool for examining planning issues. According to the literature, as well as the experience of the researcher, there are indeed some evident drawbacks in using VEP. However, VEP also has clear strengths.