The dialog between two kinds of art reflects real impressions as well as their interpretations. In addition to items from the Gallery’s collection viewers will see some works by participants of the mobile photo competition, Huawei Xmage project, aimed at bringing together contemporary photo travelling fans.

The exhibition comprises graphic works by Russian artists: Boris Grigoriev, Alexey Kravchenko, Alexander Kuprin, Mikhail Larionov, Lazar Lissitzky, Robert Falk, Nikolay Ulyanov and others.

Travelers recorded their impressions of the European Grand Tour, trips to the Middle East or journeys to Asia and South America. The new hobby generated a whole industry – touristic photography, a network of studios selling reproductions. Having bought a photo, a person who had never visited this or that place, acquired a certain image of the far away land in advance.

The photos displayed at the exhibition were received by the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift from Italian journalist Roberto Scarfone – over 300 snapshots from Europe, Asia, Africa and America made at the turn of the centuries. The photographers’ artwork is devoted to the theme of cultural tourism: views of Naples by Giorgio Sommer, portraits of Bedouins by Jean Geiser and Egyptian women in national costumes by Hippolyte Arnoux.