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| '''Travel photography''' is a subcategory of ] involving the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs and history. The ] defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations.<ref> - What is a photo travel image?</ref> | '''Travel photography''' is a subcategory of ] involving the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs and history. The ] defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations.<ref> - What is a photo travel image?</ref> | ||
| ] suggests that tourism or travel photography is so popular because it allows ‘people to take possession of space...’ (Sontag, 1977: p8). Sontag also goes on to say that photographs are evidence that the trip actually took place. There is often a need to share, on returning from a trip, the photographs that validate and prove the experience. (Sontag, 1977: p 9) | |||
| Sontag continues and makes a more abstract observation. | |||
| “A way of certifying experience, taking photographs is also a way of refusing it – by limiting experience to a search for the photogenic, by converting experience into an image, a souvenir.” (Sontag, 1977: p 9) | |||
| From this perspective, the camera puts a safe distance between the photographer and the sometimes overwhelming experience that they are faced with. | |||
| “Unsure of other responses, they take a picture.” (Sontag, 1977: p10) | |||
| Travel photography can either be created by professionals or amateurs. Examples of professional travel photography can be found in the ] magazine. Amateur travel photography is often shared online through photo sharing websites like ] or niche travel photography websites like ] or ]. | Travel photography can either be created by professionals or amateurs. Examples of professional travel photography can be found in the ] magazine. Amateur travel photography is often shared online through photo sharing websites like ] or niche travel photography websites like ] or ]. | ||
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Sontag, Susan. (1997) On Photography, Published by Penguin, London. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Travel photography is a subcategory of photography involving the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs and history. The Photographic Society of America defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations.
Travel photography can either be created by professionals or amateurs. Examples of professional travel photography can be found in the National Geographic magazine. Amateur travel photography is often shared online through photo sharing websites like Flickr or niche travel photography websites like Trekearth or Travellerspoint.
References
- www.psa-photo.org - What is a photo travel image?