城市旅游的摄影透视

PHOTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE OF URBAN TOURISM

现代旅游业发展中 ,城市旅游方兴未艾 ,世界及中国的一些城市已经成为旅游的主要目的地。本文从摄影的角度对城市旅游作一探讨。初步分析了摄影与城市旅游的关系 ;摄影的城市旅游景观类别 ;城市旅游摄影的功能以及城市旅游摄影的文化内涵。同时也分析了在城市旅游的研究中 ,以图文结合的形式展现观察与思想的研究成果 ,当是一条有效的途径。

The booming of urban tourism has become one of the most striking aspects of the modern tourism development and many cities at home and abroad have been major destinations of tourists. This paper probes into urban tourism in the photographic perspective. The relationship between photography and urban tourism is analyzed, the tourist landscapes that can be photographed are classified, and the function of urban tourist photography as well as its underlying cultural significance are defined. It is pointed out that, when presenting the achievement in urban tourist studies, it is an effective way to make full use of photos as visual means together with written description. Urban tourism in a sense is the perception of urban landscapes and photographic language is powerful in reading and describing mans perception of urban landscapes. Landscapes recorded by photography are various,with architecture landscape being the dominant component. Park, especially theme parks merit particular attention. Distinct regional and cultural features as well as customs of cities formed during its evolution is worth recording and describing by photographic languages. By taking photos,the urban tourists entertain themselves above all. More importantly,the spread of the photographic products by urban tourists contributes to the image promotion of cities as urban tourist destinations. And photography can be a useful tool in the urban tourist planning. Besides, the implication of photographic image production to culture generation is of significance, and photography in urban tourism is recognized as the communication between individuals and the society by means of visual languages.