일제시기 신문 스케치사진의 사진사적 연구 - 『동아일보』를 중심으로 -

Abstract

‘Sketch-sajin’ is photograph published singly on newspapers without articles by journalists who, as a part of their work, take pictures of nature and urban landscapes, everyday life, animals and plants, and so on. In 『Maeil Shinbo』, sketch-sajin appeared together with illustrations in 1911. Sketch-sajin and illustrations showed a close relationship, showing similar forms in material and composition. As public journals by Koreans became available in 1920, Korean public newspapers including『Donga Ilbo』 followed the norm of photographs of 『Maeil Shinbo』. Since the 1930s, sketch-sajin has been actively published and developed in Korean public journals to the extent that one or two pictures are published every day. The subjects can be broadly divided into nature and cities, daily life, and animals and plants. The photographs were mainly expressed with a sense of the seasons and were filmed in the style of ‘yesulsajin’. Most of the photographers who shot the sketch-sajin were photo-journalists employed to newspapers. In the realm of newspapers, sketch-sajin played a role of weather forecast, appreciation, and alleviation of the heavy atmosphere. Some sketch-sajin even reflected social conditions and conveyed political messages. In the field of photography, sketch-sajin has much value as an independent photographic work, contributing to the introduction and diffusion of ‘yesulsajin’ and ‘sinheungsajin’. And sketch-sajin was repeatedly exposed to readers and played a role in spreading the modern visual system. This paper was written with the intention of clarifying the historical process.