WAYS OF SEEING.

 

Do you like taking pictures? What kind of pictures? 

 This is what I came across on my twitter account.

José Yosigo is a photographer. His real name is José Javier Serrano.

How would you discribe his work?

 

Born in San Sebastian, José Javier Serrano, known as Yosigo, now lives and works in Barcelona as a photographer. Yosigo began and followed his graphic design studies and photography was just an escape route, a way to take his eyes off the computer screen. Then, with the passing of time, his hobby became his work.

In his shots we find, however, his propensity for graphic design, we find it in composition, in the choice of shapes and color balance.

We can say that what inspires his projects are the people, walking in the street or sunbathing on the beach.

In the series of shots Animal Turista, Yosigo has immortalized human nature on holiday, at the sea, noticing how the man becomes a predator of everything around him, expands taking up all the space.
Yosigo was able to see a daily, mundane aspect that we define as normal through a different lens, transforming it into something aesthetically beautiful.

 

Read the text. 

Find a synonym of the following.

shot                                election                             hunter

 

worldly                            changing                                 

Answer: 

1- What do you think of the pictures? 

2- Do you like going to the beach? Which is your favourite beach? 

3- Do you have an opinion of beach tourism? 

4- Due to the pandemics, some specialists have suggested that an economy based mainly on tourism is not the best idea. Why? What is the other alternative? 

5- There are different types of beachtourism? Can you see a difference between Benidorm as a destination and Denia? Is Benidorm a sustainable model of mass tourism? Discuss it before reading the text. 

What does the heading suggest?

Benidorm, the pioneering resort disdained in Spain but praised abroad 

 

 Comprehension questions: 

a- Translate the following and substitute the underlined words by synonyms.

"Applauded for its sustainability but vilified for triggering mass tourism, the coastal city has some of the most iconic skyscrapers in the country"

 b- Why do some people like Benidorm while others hate it? 

c- Who was Pedro Zaragoza? What did he do? How does the story go? 

d- How does Escobedo explain that Benidorm's model is a sustainable one? 

e- Are golf courses part of the Benidorm model? How do the golf course development model affect the development of an area?

f- What's the five  highest skyscrapers in Benidorm? Give a short description of each. 

 

NOW, have a look at this collection of pictures by María Moldes. 

 

Benidorm’s tans, perms and bellies

6 - How was your summer? Write a text to read it in front of your classmates. The text should have about 150 words.  

MARTIN PARR 

Have a look of this picture. It could be any of us on a holiday trip to any of the many tourist destinations in the world. The only thing that makes this picture different is that it was taken by Martin Parr. Let's learn about him. 

Do you want to know the basics about him? Have a look at the following information from wikipedia. 

Martin Parr

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For the British actor, see Martin Parr (actor). For the British colonial governor, see Martin Willoughby Parr.

Martin Parr
Martin Parr in October 2010
Born	23 May 1952 (age 68) Epsom, Surrey, England
Nationality	English
Education	Manchester Polytechnic
Known for	Photography
Awards	Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS) in 2005[1] Centenary Medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 2008[2]

Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer,^[3] photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological^[4] look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.

His major projects have been rural communities (1975–1982), The Last Resort (1983–1985), The Cost of Living (1987–1989), Small World (1987–1994) and Common Sense (1995–1999).

Since 1994, Parr has been a member of Magnum Photos.^[4] He has had around 40 solo photobooks published, and has featured in around 80 exhibitions worldwide – including the international touring exhibition ParrWorld,^[5] and a retrospective at the Barbican Arts Centre, London, in 2002.^[6]

The Martin Parr Foundation, founded in 2014, opened premises in his hometown of Bristol in 2017. It houses his own archive, his collection of British and Irish photography by other photographers, and a gallery.^[7]

 

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How a look at the following article. 

TOO MUCH PHOTOGRAPHY.