The borderline between photojournalism and travel photography is hard to define.
Put cynically, travel photographers are merely wandering through the less dangerous parts of the world, photographing obvious beauty — Indian weddings, devoted Muslim worshippers and so on. Such works do little more than hanker after Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" or revel in their own saturated colors.
For the past 12 years, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts — which believes the best way to support young photographers is to collect their work — has annually shown its latest acquisitions. The museum's exhibition of 2006 acquisitions, though it presents diverse works, can be categorized into photojournalism, travel photography and art photography. Comparing these approaches, the show addresses the current relevance of photography.