Image trip: The dark side of the glamor industry

Image trip: The dark side of the glamor industry

In recent years, “Image Trips,” luxury events for wealthy men worldwide, have become a multimillion-dollar business. Behind the sanitized name lies an exploitative industry, supplying young women for encounters with millionaires, facilitated by profit-driven modeling agents. These young women are hired to appear at parties on yachts and in luxury villas, but what begins as innocent dancing often ends with demands for “additional services” in exchange for payment and cases of sexual assault. Elle, a Dutch model who was raped on an “Image Trip,” recalls: “When I called my agent in tears, she told me, ‘This can happen – just make sure you get paid.’”

From a ring of fire to a ring of peace

From a ring of fire to a ring of peace

Israel faces a historic opportunity to secure its long-term security and prosperity. The establishment of a regional alliance with moderate Arab states could gradually end the Israeli-Arab conflict, weaken the Iranian axis, and bring an end to the jihadist fantasy of destroying Israel. In the long term, it could also lead to a resolution of the Palestinian conflict.

They were murdered on Oct. 7; then I found their final roll of film

They were murdered on Oct. 7; then I found their final roll of film

They kept postponing their flight back home to Germany, stretching out their vacation in Nir Oz as long as they could. Caroline, Daniel, and I spent two weeks together with cameras, trips, bicycles, and fields. Until that Saturday, when I was in a portable shelter and they were in a safe room. Two months later I developed the pictures from the roll of film containing the final pictures.