Travel and Photography (Reaktion Books – Exposures)
Graham Smith
[London, 2013, trans: He Yining, Beijing, 2016]
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 Louis 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 who were not able to experience them in person. In this lively account of the partnership between photography and travel, Graham Smith explores the diverse ways pictures and travel have been partnered from the nineteenth century to today.
Taking us from France and Italy to Egypt, Japan, and North America, Smith illustrates how photography was influenced by new forms of transcontinental travel, including railroads, cars, and planes. He shows that as travel has become more democratized, the methods and experiences of it have developed in unexpected directions to create new photographic narratives. Smith also examines how photographers often go to great lengths and face considerable danger to record exotic destinations, from the ice caves of the Mer de Glace to the maw of Vesuvius, the summit of Mount Everest, and even the pockmarked surface of the moon. Packed with images from around the globe, Photography and Travel is the perfect book for intrepid photographers and armchair travelers alike.
摄影与旅行
作 者：［英］格雷厄姆·史密斯
译 者：何伊宁
内容简介：
摄影与旅游密不可分——在标志性的建筑和景点前到处人头攒动，游客们用眼睛对准取景器，试图用胶卷和千百万像素捕捉他们的记忆。1839年，达盖尔和塔尔博特分别将他们的发明公之于众，自此，这项新技术的发明者与拥护者立即认识到，摄影能生动展现世界的各种景观，让身在家里的普通人也欣赏到这些风景。在《摄影与旅行》一书中，格雷厄姆·史密斯生动地体现了二者的关系，讨论了19世纪至今摄影与旅游互涉的多元方式。本书的研究对象涵盖了带着布朗尼相机的海滨度假者、通过公路执行探索本国精神和文化的美国艺术家，以及威尼斯的运河和月球上的人类。
在本书中，作者带领读者穿越从法国、意大利到埃及、日本和北美的旅行，演示了摄影是如何受到新的跨洲旅行方式，如铁路、公路和飞机的影响。与此同时，在旅游愈加民主化的趋势下，作者展示了旅行方式和经验出乎意料的发展中所诞生出的新的摄影叙事方式。此外，史密斯还讲述了摄影师们在面临极大危险的情形里，竭尽全力去记录的具有异国情调的实践，例如他们从吉萨大金字塔到珠穆朗玛峰的冒险。本书内容涵盖了来自全世界的摄影作品，对于勇于冒险的摄影师和神游旅行者们来说不失为一本完美的书。
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摄影与旅游密不可分——在标志性的建筑和景点前到处人头攒动，游客们用眼睛对准取景器，试图用胶卷和千百万像素捕捉他们的记忆。摄影能生动展现世界的各种景观，让身在家里的普通人也欣赏到这些风景。本书将为我们展现：
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