ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the methodological issues that arise from the use of Volunteer-Employed Photography (VEP). It presents a critique of the methodology with the view of it being used in different contexts. 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. Even though participating in a VEP project can take up a significant amount of the volunteer's time, a number of researchers have commented that participants generally enjoy the experience. However, a number of researchers have worked on the particular aspect of tourism photography and some argue that people use photography to prove that they have visited a destination. The area of St. David's Peninsula in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in West Wales was therefore chosen for the case study.
