Travel Marketing and Popular Photography in Britain, 1888–1939: Reading the Travel Image

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Sara Dominici

Travel Marketing and Popular Photography in Britain, 1888–1939

Reading the Travel Image

Sara Dominici

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Routledge
06 October 2017

The Arts: General & Reference; Art Forms; Photography & photographs; Tourism industry; Sports & outdoor recreation

Series: Routledge History of Photography

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.

By: Sara Dominici
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 748g
ISBN: 9781138503113
ISBN 10: 1138503118
Series: Routledge History of Photography
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 06 October 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.