This book explores how popular photography influenced the representation of travel in Britain in the period from the Kodak-led emergence of compact cameras in 1888, to 1939. The book examines the implications of people's increasing familiarity with the language and possibilities of photography on the representation of travel as educational concerns gave way to commercial imperatives. Sara Dominici takes as a touchstone the first fifty years of activity of the Polytechnic Touring Association (PTA), a London-based philanthropic-turned-commercial travel firm. As the book reveals, the relationship between popular photography and travel marketing was shaped by the different desires and expectations that consumers and institutions bestowed on photography: this was the struggle for the interpretation of the travel image.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrationen
60 s/w Abbildungen, 31 farbige Abbildungen
31 Illustrations, color; 60 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-032-47660-5 (9781032476605)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Sara Dominici is a Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Course Leader for the MA in Art and Visual Culture at the University of Westminster, London. Her writing focuses on the history and culture of photography, the relationship between photography and the archive, and cultural studies.
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Reading Travel Images
2. Travelling and Photographing: Social Norms and Personal Motivations
3. The Education of Tourist Photographers
4. The Interwar Years: Tourists' Desires and Photographic Competitions
5. Photography, Commercial Art and Branding
6. Conclusion: Towards New Photographic Histories
Index
