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Marshall McLuhan

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.

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Marshall McLuhan means that instead of traveling to discover new and unknown places, photographs allow people to see distant or unfamiliar scenes without leaving home. This changes travel from a direct experience of novelty to a mediated experience through images.

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