1920년대 조선 사진첩에 대한 일고찰

Abstract

Trip in Chosen was published three times in total in 1922, 1927, and 1933, but this paper examined Trip in Chosen in 1922, the first of which was published in 1922. Unlike those issued by the Railway Bureau of the Japanese Government-General of Korea in 1922, the Trip in Chosen was issued by the Gyeongseong Management Bureau of Nammanju Railway Co., Ltd., and most of all, their common feature was that the subject of issuance was the Railway Bureau. In particular, Trip in Chosen in 1922 required promotional materials for tourists across the country as hotels around railway stations and nearby stations were built due to the opening of railroads in Joseon at the time, and for this purpose, the railway station issued photo albums centered on attractions around the railway line. Another characteristic of Trip in Chosen is that photos are taken from a different perspective from those of Koreans at the time, including Western-style buildings such as Chosun Hotel and Pyongyang Railway Hotel, bathing in the sea or skating on the Han River in Incheon.
 Looking at the composition of the photo album, first of all, it expresses the appearance of Joseon in the 1920s, which contains Korean relics such as Bulguksa Temple, Gangseo Cemetery, Gyeonghoeru Pavilion, and Geumgangsan Mountain. Also, Japanese and English are written on the cover of the photo and the table of contents. The reason for this is that the 1921 Joseon Photo Album, published around the same time as the Trip in Chosen, was designed to record and promote the achievements of imperial Japan’s rule of Joseon for more than 10 years after the annexation, targeting Westerners as well as Japanese.