汤姆·哈金斯来华摄影考

Research on Tom Hutchins’Photography of China

中国国家博物馆藏新西兰摄影师汤姆·哈金斯(Tom Hutchins)来华摄影作品28幅。1956年,哈金斯获准访华,先后于广东、北京、甘肃、新疆、辽宁、吉林、上海等地采访拍摄,作品内容涵盖中华人民共和国成立初期的社会生活、工业建设、文化政策、石窟艺术等多方面。1957年初,哈金斯摄影作品在《生活》(Life)杂志发表,遭到误读。此后其中国作品被长期封存,未能出版。这批摄影作品既是对其所承载的历史场景的视觉再现,也是钩沉相关史实的重要线索。

National Museum of China holds 28 photographic works of China taken by New Zealand photographer Tom Hutchins.In 1956,Hutchins was allowed to visit China and successively interviewed and photographed in Guangdong,Beijing,Gansu,Xinjiang,Jilin,Liaoning and Shanghai.His works covered a wide range of aspects such as social life,industrial construction,cultural policy and cave art during the early years of the People's Republic of China.In 1957,Hutchins'photographs were misread after they were published in Life magazine.Since then,his works about China have been out of sight for a long time.This batch of photographic works is not only a visual representation of the historical scene,but also an important clue to the relevant historical facts.