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Traveling Light : Photography, Travel and Visual Culture (The Critical Image)
Traveling Light Photography Travel and Visual Culture - The Critical Image Author:Peter Osborne This is a thoroughly illustrated study of the close and continuous relationship between two of modern culture’s central phenomena: the photographic image and travel. Contributing to the growing literature of travel and its representations, the book argues that from its beginnings, photography has played a constitutive role in the formation... more » of travel--comparable in importance to its part in the portrayal of social identity. It shows how, in turn, travel has shaped the use and language of all types of photographic production.« less