UK - London - Goya portraits and street people

A tourist to Britain takes a photo with a modern handheld device near potraits by the Spanish romantic artist Francesco Goya, sponsored by Credit Suisse and advertised on a construction hoarding outside the National Portrait Gallery. The portraits are from the left: Countess-Duchess of Benavente; Bartolome Sureda y Miserol and The Dowager Marchioness of Villafranca. Paintings by Goya are exhibited inside the National Gallery next door and while a large grey hoarding is in place during works in Trafalgar Square, some of Goya's work is reproduced to viewers outside. Tourists to this central landmark in the capital stop and take photos and this selfie girl faces the Goya but seemingly ignores the high art in favour of a fleeting moment with her smartphone - symbolising the disposable and unthinking nature of tourism and travel.

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A tourist to Britain takes a photo with a modern handheld device near potraits by the Spanish romantic artist Francesco Goya, sponsored by Credit Suisse and advertised on a construction hoarding outside the National Portrait Gallery. The portraits are from the left: Countess-Duchess of Benavente; Bartolome Sureda y Miserol and The Dowager Marchioness of Villafranca. Paintings by Goya are exhibited inside the National Gallery next door and while a large grey hoarding is in place during works in Trafalgar Square, some of Goya's work is reproduced to viewers outside. Tourists to this central landmark in the capital stop and take photos and this selfie girl faces the Goya but seemingly ignores the high art in favour of a fleeting moment with her smartphone - symbolising the disposable and unthinking nature of tourism and travel.