Critical Review of L.Martins' Article on Mario de Andrade: Photographic Experiment and Living Heritage

Critical review

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Critical Review refers to the way in which the overall analysis and interpretation of a
particular article can be done which will be highly useful in ensuring that the article can be
understood in a right manner effectively and efficiently (Cisneros, 2017). It can be highly helpful
in ensuring that the conclusions and recommendations can be derived in the right manner. This
Critical Review is based on the article of L.Martins, 'Mario de Andrade: photographic
experiment and living heritage', in Photography and Documentary Film in the making of Modern
Brazil. In this critical review, a detailed discussion will be made on the article.
MAIN BODY
The article speaks about the work of L.Martins. The work is related with the Travel Diary
of L.Martins. In it, the author states that Mario de Andrade has not been made for travelling after
all. He spent the three months in the summer of 1927 by travelling as taxi to the railway station
in Sao Paulo and states that he wants to abandon the comforts of his life so that he can travel to
the interiors of Brazil.
Unlike other modernists, Andrade had not travelled abroad before. Apart from a short
visit to lquitos he never would (James, 2019). Thus the article speaks about the travel adventures
of Andrade in Brazil. Andrade made a frequent use of camera to capture the different elements of
the world around him. He was a good photographer who used different types of methods and
techniques related with photography properly which helped in ensuring that he captured these
elements in the right manner.
The article talks a lot about the creative and innovative approach which was used by
Andrade to capture the photographs of the world around him in the right way. This was quite
helpful in ensuring that the photographs presented a true picture of Brazil in front of the people.
The work of Andrade helped in ensuring that Re-thinking of Brazil was done. The artistic
approach which was used by him in order to capture the photographs helped a lot in ensuring that
the imagination which he used would be helpful in building a new Brazil.
Andrade used to consider himself as an 'Apprentice Tourist'. He was a very keen observer
of the cross-cultural aspects of he social dynamics of encounter. This it can be said that he was a
keen learner who used to learn more about the different types of cultures. Thus, In this way it can
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