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Module

3A

Travel and Tourism

During the last decades of the 19th century,
humankind could have a new view of the
world. As from the 1840s, photographs
started to appear in magazines, but with very
poor technical quality. In 1876, a photograph
appeared for the first time in a newspaper.
Later, in 1904, the Daily Mirror from England
used photographs to illustrate its pages.
As photography became part of the press,
people’s idea of the world changed. They
could see everything: from the faces of public
characters to local and international events.
The world became a smaller place because it
was in photographs.
Likewise, this actually occurs with the
locations that appear in travel magazines.
Through photography, people can learn about
places that they will probably never visit.
Images can make unknown destinations and
exotic animals become popular and local
cultures globally known. While tourists get
valuable information of possible attractions,
those who cannot afford a trip can have
a leisure look. Readers experience what
they see and travel with their imagination.

Photographs –even when they are just a
copy– have a powerful effect on the observer.
But as photography helps to recreate places
and news, it can also cause distortion.
Although it is true that photos can reflect
facts, it is also true that a photograph
replaces reality with an image. Consequently,
it is not real itself. It is always a message
that interprets reality and many times it can
be falsified, ambiguous or simply chosen to
manipulate the information or the audience.

Activities
1True (T) or false (F)?
aPhotographs appeared in newspapers in 1950 for the first time.
b At first photographs were published in magazines.
c It is possible to distort a photograph.
d Photographs may change the impact of a piece of news.
e Photographs always tell the truth.
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Photojournalism


Module

3A

2Put these ideas in the correct order.
a Mirror / photographs / the / 1904, / pages. / In / Daily / to / used / its / illustrate
b recreates / news / Photography / completes / and / information. / its
cworld. / Photography / idea / of / people’s / the / changed

aphoto
b pose
c time
d icon
e grain
f audience
g photographer
h press

1newspapers, radio or television
2 visual texture of a photo
3 person who works with a camera
4 a picture obtained by using a mechanical device
5 quality of a photo as a sign
6 past, present and future
7 public
8 characteristic of fashion magazine photographs

4Look at the photographs below and answer.

aWhat do the photographers want you to pay attention to?
b What is the effect they are trying to create in the observer?
c What caption would you write under each photograph?

5Look for a picture of a landscape you like in a magazine, cut it out and

stick it in your notebook. Ask someone in the class to look at it and:
alist all the details he / she can see in the photo.
b describe all the details.
c write how each detail makes him / her feel.
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3Match words and definitions.