Smith, Graham, 1942- author.

Photography and travel / Graham Smith.

London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
©2013

187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Exposures

"Photography and travel go hand in hand-landmarks and scenic vistas everywhere are thronged by tourists with their eye to the view finder, trying to capture their memories on film or in megapixel. When the pioneers of photography, Henry Fox Talbot and Louise Daguerre, made their inventions public in 1839, advocates for the new technology immediately recognized photography's capability to vividly present the spectacles of the world and make famous sights accessible to those unable to experience them in person. In this lively account of the partnership between photography and travel, Graham Smith explores the diverse ways mobility and cameras have been partnered from the mid-nineteenth century to today. His subjects range from seaside holidaymakers with a Kodak Brownie to American artists on the road exploring their own country and culture, to the canals of Venice and men on the moon. From France and Italy, to Egypt, Japan, and North America, we see how photography was both influenced and encouraged by new forms of transcontinental travel, including railways, cars, ships, and planes. Then as now, photographers often went to great lengths and faced considerable dangers to record exotic destinations, from the summit of the Great Pyramid of Giza to that of Mount Everest. As travel has become more democratized, the methods and experiences of it have developed in unexpected directions to create new photographic narratives. Packed with images from around the globe, Photography and Travel is the perfect book for intrepid photographers and armchair travellers alike"--Jacket.
"Photography and travel have been linked since 1839, when Daguerre and Talbot first made their inventions known to the public. The inventors and their advocates immediately recognised photography's capability to vividly represent the spectacles of the world, and make them accessible to the general public in the comfort of their homes. The unquestionable connection between photography and travel remains vital today. In Photography and Travel, Graham Smith provides a lively account of this partnership, discussing the diverse applications of photography to travel during the nineteenth century, in destinations as exotic as France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Japan and North America. He then moves to the twentieth century, ranging from seaside excursions to transcontinental travel by rail, road and air. As it has become more democratized, the methods and experiences of travel have developed in many unexpected directions, all of which have created their own new photographic narratives. Photography and Travel shows that photographers have often gone to great lengths - at considerable personal danger - to record exotic destinations, from the ice caves and crevasses of the Mer de Glace to the maw of Vesuvius, from the summit of Mount Everest to the pock-marked surface of the moon. Photography and Travel provides a fascinating account of the 170-year partnership of the photographer and the traveller. Featuring a wealth of images from all over the world, the book will fascinate intrepid photographers as well as experienced - and armchair - explorers everywhere"--Publisher's website.

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Travel photography History.
Photography Social aspects History.
Photography Political aspects History.
Photographie de voyage Histoire.
Photographie Aspect social Histoire.
Photographie Aspect politique Histoire.
Photography Political aspects.
Photography Social aspects.
Travel photography.
Reisefotografie

History.

Exposures (London, England)

Location: Library main 282419
Call No.: BIB 219923
Status: Available