《中国摄影史》(第一卷)中译本与盖蒂研究所馆藏中国老照片的研究论文集《丹青与快门》在出版时间上几乎重叠。这是个有意思的巧合。这几年,中国摄影史这个领域在海内外同时升温,屈指算来,欧美已有十余位西方学者在不同程度上致力于此项研究,其中不少人也已把这个较新的学术课题作为自己的主要研究方向。这次的出版巧合不仅是他们最新研究成果的爆发式的展现,而且还意味着,抛去社会历史学以及东亚研究等并非以图像作为讨论主体的研 “Chinese Photography History” (Volume I) Chinese translation and Getty Images Collection of Chinese old photos “Danqing and Shutter” almost overlap in the publication time. This is an interesting coincidence. In recent years, the field of Chinese photography history has risen both at home and abroad. In fact, more than ten Western scholars in Europe and the United States have devoted themselves to this research to varying degrees. Many of them have also put this relatively new academic topic As their own main research direction. This publication coincidence is not only an explosive demonstration of their latest research results, but also means that the disregard of social history and East Asian studies is not based on the study of images