As soon as colonizers and explorers began taking cameras into distant lands, stories began circulating about how indigenous peoples saw them as tools for black magic. The " ignorant natives" may have had a point
这段开始我没看懂。理解完全篇,回头来看,原来确实是过渡句。 ignorant natives 和 steal his virtue, thief巧妙连接上了。
ignorant
early travelers
as a more objective way of recording faraway societies
这句也是扰乱我对整个文章理解的句子。 我以为作者整篇文章想说明照相机可以写实记录文化文明
as 是由于的意思,不要总以为是 “作为”
But in some ways
转折,又有出题点
anthropological photographs reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back.
Photos that could unsettle or disturb , such as areas of the world torn asunder by war or famine, are discarded in favor of those that reassure, to conform with the society's stated pledge to present only "kindly" visions of foreign societies