한국사진의 역사에 나타난 조작사진과 그 유형학적 연구

초록

A photograph that is displayed in the form of a record not only shows the fabrication and perversion of history but also implies the truth of disappearing memory. The technical fabrication such as synthesis, deletion, revision, dual development, etc., is understood as a physical tool that perverts history. In this case, the greatest difficulty in understanding history through a photograph is blind belief (ça a été) in a photograph that disguises the truth. Although fabricated photographs appearing in the history of Korean photographs are related to significant persons or incidents in modern Korean history, most photographers are still unknown as they used pseudonyms because fabricated photographs were undisclosed for a long time. Their fabrication was rudimentary, overlapping several photographs to make a scene or deleting and revising contents. In most cases, it was done in private for personal reasons instead of political criticism. The photograph of Myungsunghwanghu, fabricated by an Italian Carlo Rossetti, has been known to be a photograph of Myungsunghwanghu for a long t ime, while i t was actually a synthesized photograph of court ladies and palatial garment. However, triggered only by his affection and curiosity over Chosun, which was seen by him, his intention was far from political. To the contrary, it was utilized as visual information to inform the empress of Chosun about European journals and publications. Further, although the family photograph of Emperor Gojong, synthetically fabricated by someone, still leaves many questions unanswered, it may be a pity for the family of Emperor Gojong to guess the intention of the fabrication. To the contrary, it may cause rage toward the Japanophile royal family, which took an opportunistic attitude in the trend of crisis of the last extremity. Finally, many persons conjecture that the photograph of patriot Ahn Jung Keun on his card was a fake photograph fabricated by Japanese imperialists. Needless to say, this may be a plausible conjecture, considering the dignity and firm integrity of patriot Ahn Jung Keun, which has been engraved in our minds for a long time. However, no evidence explaining such fact has been found yet. Although this photograph shows the shabby appearance of a homeless person, which is far from the image of a learned hero those days, it is apparent that a Japanese imperialist intentionally made and distributed the postcard to people to emphasize the image of a criminal who killed Ito Hirobumi through mass media. Notwithstanding, we cannot still confirm whether the person in the photograph is the patriot Ahn Jung Keun.

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