reportage photo

Japanese: reportage photo(英語表記)reportagephoto
reportage photo

...This paper rejected the conventional impressionistic criticism, emphasized the "characteristics of the mechanical medium" of photographic art, and explored the essence of photography, and is considered to be the paper that established modern photo criticism in Japan. He was the first to translate reportage photo as "journalism photography," and clarified the system of this field. After World War II, in addition to his work as a critic, he also served as a permanent director of the Photographic Society of Japan.

From press photo:

...photography that widely communicates events in society and the natural world. It is said that the word was first used in Japanese in the early Showa period by photography critic Ina Nobuo as a translation of "reportage photo." In that sense, the word "hoshosha" has a somewhat proper noun-like character, but in today's general consciousness, it is used in a broader sense in roughly the same sense as so-called "documentary photography," and also includes so-called "news photography," and it has become established as a word.

*Some explanations of terms that mention "reportage photo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは従来の印象批評を排して写真芸術の〈機械的メディアの特性〉を強調,写真の本質を追究したもので,日本に近代的な写真批評を確立した論文とされる。reportage photoを最初に〈報道写真〉と訳し,この分野の体系を明らかにした。第2次大戦後は評論活動のほか,日本写真協会常任理事などを務めた。…

【報道写真】より

…社会や自然界のできごとを,広く伝達する写真のこと。日本語としては昭和初期に,写真評論家の伊奈信男が〈ルポルタージュ・フォトreportage photo〉の訳語としてこの言葉を用いたのが初めといわれる。その意味では,〈報道写真〉という言葉はやや固有名詞的な性格を帯びているわけであるが,しかし今日の一般の意識としては,いわゆる〈ドキュメンタリー写真(ドキュメンタリー・フォト)〉ともほぼ同じような意味で,また,いわゆる〈ニュース写真〉などもその中に含めて,より広い意味の言葉として用いられ,定着しているということができる。…

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