Pacific Exposures: Australian and Japanese Photographic Connections Since the Late Nineteenth Century

太平洋曝光：十九世纪末以来澳大利亚和日本的摄影联系

• 批准号: DP140100039
• 负责人: Prof Melissa Miles
• 金额: $ 14.03万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-03-20 至 2018-11-18
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140100039
• 关键词: Pacific; Exposures; Australian; Japanese; Photographic

This project reveals the historical importance of photography as a medium of cultural connection between Australia and Japan. Amateurs and professionals from both countries have long used their cameras as interpretive instruments to define the foreign encounter. Decades before the rupture of the Pacific War of 1941-45, travelling photographers helped bridge the cultural and geographical distance between Australia and Japan. In the aftermath of military conflict, and since the normalisation of bilateral relations in the 1950s, photography has facilitated mutual understanding, diplomacy and trade. The project examines photography’s role in their shared cultural history, and how it continues to shape Australia’s engagement with Japan today.

该项目揭示了摄影作为澳大利亚和日本之间文化联系媒介的历史重要性。长期以来，两国的业余爱好者和专业人士一直将他们的相机作为解释工具来定义外国遭遇。在1941年至1945年太平洋战争爆发前的几十年里，旅行摄影师帮助弥合了澳大利亚和日本之间的文化和地理距离。自20世纪50年代两国关系正常化以来，摄影促进了相互理解、外交和贸易。该项目探讨了摄影在两国共同的文化历史中的作用，以及它如何继续塑造澳大利亚与日本的关系。