"In a contemporary world that is interconnected by social media and where 'Big Brother' surveillance is often carried out by the masses on their smartphones, we want to capture 'fatality moments,'" Stone said."Reasons for doing so will be as diverse and contentious as the people who make these pilgrimage-like trips to sites of pain and shame.
"Visiting sites of death and tragedy is one way to examine and process death, killing and murder in person without actually having to endure actual violence. In a sense, this type of tourism brings us closer to death, allowing for both commemoration and contemplation that the media falls short of allowing us."
"For many people, we no longer turn to the priest or other religious leaders for moral guidance but to the Internet. We seek morality on our own terms," he said.