Abstract:
Just as trave llers of past centuries recorded their personal impressions in diaries;
the modern day trave ller lIses a camera to record the sight s and events of his
Journeys .
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T ravel photography IS as old as photography itself, with the invention of
photography, travellers set out with their primative came ras and started
recording the world as neve r be fore .
The aim in this dissertatio n is to e xplore the OrIgInS of travel photography;
discuss ing some of the pioneers of travel photography . To summa ri ze some of
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the categories of travel photography , and the importance of diversity.
Many problems were encountered and where possible soluti ons offered. The
author will al so discu ss his travels and attempt "to anal yse the images taken
during these travels.
