Photographs are an under-used but powerful qualitative research tool. In the project described, visitors to the city of Toronto were provided with a camera and asked to document those aspects of the visit they found most enjoyable or most distressing. The photographs formed the basis of an intensive interview session in which visitors discussed and evaluated various aspects of their visit.
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