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 1 True (T) or false (F)? a Photographs 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 English Toolkit - Communication Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 Photojournalism Module 3A 2 Put 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 c world / Photography / idea / of / people’s / the / changed a photo b pose c time d icon e grain f audience g photographer h press 1 newspapers, radio or television visual texture of a photo person who works with a camera a picture obtained by using a mechanical device quality of a photo as a sign past, present and future public characteristic of fashion magazine photographs 4 Look at the photographs below and answer a What 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? 5 Look 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: a list all the details he / she can see in the photo b describe all the details c write how each detail makes him / her feel English Toolkit - Communication Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 3 Match words and definitions