Tourism as a producer of images. Contemporary practices around travel photography

Authors

  • Laura Susana Zamudio Vega Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/mouseion.v0i26.3574

Keywords:

Tourism, Image, Social Behavior, New Technologies

Abstract

This article analyzes the image of tourism as a means of expression of contemporary cultural aesthetic that revolves around the subject of traveling. First, it presents a theoretical revision of the concept, its composition, and characteristics. Later it shows the differences between the advertised image and the one produced by the tourist, including the means used to record and share the experience. This brings understanding to how tourist practices linked to the production of images become a manifestation of the contemporary visual culture that focuses on globalization, hedonism, egocentrism and the access to new technologies. Understanding the aesthetic and symbolic value of the image as a result of a much larger social process.

Author Biography

Laura Susana Zamudio Vega, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Doctora en Arquitectura y Máster en Proyectos Avanzados de Arquitectura y Ciudad por la Universidad de Alcalá (Madrid, España). Arquitecta por la Universidad de Sonora, (Hermosillo, Sonora. México). Su principal línea de trabajo se centra en la influencia de los imaginarios turísticos en la percepción y configuración del espacio turístico. Actualmente es Profesora-Investigadora en la Facultada de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (campus Ensenada, BCN, México).

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Published

2017-04-27

Issue

No. 26 (2017)

Section

Dossiê

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