2024-06-01 12:41:51
Byun Younger-wook’s 100-year photograph no. 63
● Boat Race was held on the Han River 100 years in the past.
It is like time journey. Here’s a blurry black and white photograph, however a cool aerial photograph that may make you gasp. It is like time journey. It is wonderful {that a} photograph from this angle existed 100 years in the past.
The photograph chosen by Baeknyeon Photograph this week is a photograph that appeared on web page 3 of the Dong-A Ilbo dated Could 26, 1924. Let’s first learn the reason of what occurred.
◇ Danjeong panorama on the riverThe “Boatless” competitors, the primary of its variety in Joseon, was held below the footbridge over the Han River from 7:30 within the morning on the twenty fifth, sponsored by the sports activities division of the Mancheol Buddies Affiliation, regardless of the odd summer time rain. Utilizing the river as land, there have been many sorts of fish that had been brisker than selecting stars within the sky, and after 27 thrilling competitions from Mancheolgak and Gyeongju, there was a ultimate race, and the river competitors was stated to have ended efficiently. The outcomes of the sport will probably be introduced tomorrow… The photograph is taken simply because the “boat” on the river is competing for the championship.
A ship race was held on the Han River. It was held on Could 25, 1924, below the footbridge over the Han River, hosted by the Manchurian Railway Affiliation. First, the above photograph was printed within the newspaper on the twenty sixth, and the outcomes of the sport had been introduced intimately on the twenty seventh. Once I searched the newspaper dated the twenty seventh, there was one other article just like the one under.
The primary spherical of put up workplace two years (three minutes and nineteen seconds) ▲ The second spherical of labor station carousel (three minutes and fifty-three seconds) ▲ The third spherical of labor station canning A (three minutes and one second) ▲ The fourth spherical of public works workplace C (Three minutes and twenty seconds) ▲The fifth spherical of Fifteen Membership (three minutes) ▲The sixth spherical of Gongga Sports activities Affiliation B (two minutes and fifty seconds) ▲The seventh spherical (Japanese ship) (1) Kim Quickly-sam, Kim Hao-sung ( 4 minutes and twenty-two seconds) ▲▲Chapter 8 (preliminary collection of representatives of every class) (1) Public Works Class (4 minutes and fifty-seven seconds and two-fifths) ▲Chapter 9 Yokohama Hearth (two minutes and fifty-five seconds)▲ Chapter 10 (preliminary collection of representatives for every class) (1) Mechanical Class (4 minutes and 56 seconds) ▲ Chapter 11 Accounting Class 타임 Unknown ▲ Chapter 12 (preliminary collection of representatives for every class) ▲ Chapter 13 Supervisor Class B (three minutes and eighteen seconds and three-fifths of a second) ▲Chapter 14 (credit score ボ│ト) (1) Kim In-sik and two others ▲Chapter 15 Gasoline Analysis Institute (4 minutes and fourteen seconds) ▲Chapter 1 Chapter 16 Industrial Membership (4 minutes and 24 seconds) ▲ Chapter 17 Common Affairs Class B (three minutes and 11 seconds) ▲ Chapter 18 Iron Engineering and Civil Engineering third Yr (4 minutes and 18 seconds) ▲ Chapter 19 Return to press group A (three minutes and thirty-two seconds) ▲ Chapter 20 to the Industrial Financial institution (three minutes and thirty-nine seconds) ▲ Chapter 21 to the Industrial and Sports activities Affiliation B (4 minutes and 5 seconds) ▲ Chapter 22 Again to the Division of Public Works and Development (three minutes and 9 seconds) ▲ Chapter 23 to the Engineering Group (three minutes and 7 seconds) ▲ Chapter 24 to the Gyeongbu Line (three minutes and seventeen seconds) ▲ Chapter 25 ( Additional) (1) Press Workforce B (three minutes and fourteen seconds) ▲ Chapter 26 (Additional) (1) Mail Supply Bureau (three minutes and seventeen seconds) ▲ Chapter 27 (Representatives from every class determine the winner) ( 1) Mechanical Class (4 minutes and fifty-two seconds and four-fifths).
● Who did the aerial pictures?
Taking pictures from the air continues to be topic to regulation. Even whether it is my nation and my very own land, media corporations can’t simply fly planes and take footage. Even now, if you wish to movie with a drone, the rule is to report it to the federal government upfront. It could not have been a simple activity in the course of the Japanese colonial period. Furthermore, on the time, Dong-A Ilbo didn’t have its personal airplane. Due to this fact, it’s potential that this photograph was taken a minimum of by a Dong-A Ilbo photographer on board with the assistance of the organizer, the Mancheol Affiliation, or a corporation that owns the airplane, or that the organizer took the photograph and supplied it to the newspaper. On the identical day, the Maeil Shinbo printed a photograph of spectators watching the Han River from a riverside dock. Gents carrying fedoras are trying on the distinctive sights unfolding on the Han River. From a photojournalist’s perspective, pictures taken from the sky are a lot better than pictures taken from the dock.
● The primary aerial photograph printed in a newspaper
Nowadays, drones have turn into cheaper, so you may take sufficient pictures for a newspaper for about 2 million received. An excellent setting has been created for a photojournalist. Earlier than drones turned well-liked, solely public broadcasting stations and JoongAng Ilbo had planes for aerial pictures amongst media corporations, so different corporations obtained cooperation from the police or the Korea Forest Service or used pictures or movies taken whereas touring to cowl Blue Home occasions of their reviews. I did it. Nonetheless, this technique was very restricted in taking footage and was problematic attributable to questions of safety. So, when driving the company’s helicopter, photographers wrote a pledge that they’d personally take accountability for the accident.
Dong-A Ilbo has operated airplanes since 1962. On February 13 of this yr, a light-weight plane (Cessna 185 kind, 6-seater) was bought and an aviation division was established to rent pilots and mechanics. On June 18, 1963, a light-weight plane (Stinson L5, 2-seater) was bought, and on December 12, 1965, a 3-seater helicopter was bought. The above is from a particular article titled ‘48 Years of Turbulence, 48 Years of Dong-A’, printed on web page 9 of the Dong-A Ilbo on April 1, 1968.
Takeoff and touchdown of planes was unattainable on the headquarters in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. So, the airplane was left in a hangar on the search airfield, and reporters would board and disembark from there every time obligatory. The final Dong-A Ilbo photojournalists boarded an airplane had been trainee reporters who joined the corporate in 1984. Having joined the corporate in 1996, I couldn’t experience on the corporate airplane, however solely heard tales of my seniors’ bravery.
Though it operated its personal planes for about 21 years, from 1963 to 1985, aerial pictures had been printed in newspapers earlier than and after that. The primary aerial photography-related materials to seem within the pages of the Dong-A Ilbo is ‘Gyeongseong Bugamgi (俯瞰記)’ from June 1933. The expression ‘overlook’ means trying down from the sky, however the English ‘Chook Eye’ is a a lot simpler expression to know. It means the angle is identical as a chicken’s perspective. There may be an evidence that Shin Yong-wook, who was the one Korean pilot on the time, chartered a Salmuson 2A2 plane and took footage of downtown Seoul. In August of this yr, he additionally produced a pictorial with aerial pictures of the hurricane devastation. (After penning this, I ponder what if this photograph is just not the primary. If different info is discovered, I’ll introduce it once more.)
●First aerial pictures of our land, Dokdo, in 1964
Even in case you had an airplane, you could not fly it carelessly. Plainly it was not straightforward to get authorities permission together with technical points. The primary aerial {photograph} of Dokdo was in 1964, and there’s a report that the Dong-A Ilbo reporter who took the {photograph} took the {photograph} aboard a navy fighter jet. Till 1964, most Koreans didn’t know what Dokdo was like. As a result of there have been no footage taken from the sky. The late reporter Choi Gyeong-deok was the primary to take aerial images of Dokdo, a territory of the Republic of Korea that we should shield. Reporter Choi Gyeong-deok, who deplored Japan’s insistence on Dokdo as its personal land, despatched official letters to the Air Drive headquarters for 3 years and persuaded the corporate to fly over Dokdo in a fighter airplane and take a photograph on December 30, 1964. This photograph was taken two days later in 1965. It was printed on the entrance web page of the newspaper dated January 1, 2012. Throughout the time of President Park Chung-hee, the connection between the Dong-A Ilbo and the federal government was not good, and naturally, the Air Drive appears to have prevented requests for cooperation out of concern for the federal government. The truth that official letters requesting cooperation had been despatched for 3 years should have occurred due to such a scenario. The Dong-A Ilbo administration responded to the photojournalist’s suggestion to take footage of Dokdo. Reporter Choi Gyeong-deok requested an interview with Ilmin Kim Sang-man, who was the vice chairman of Dong-A Ilbo on the time, and advised him the story of an Air Drive officer who stated, “It looks like the navy authorities doesn’t like Dong-A Ilbo and might’t make choices about aerial pictures.” Vice President Kim Sang-man gave reporter Choi a filming price. It’s unclear what sort of persuasion course of passed off between the Air Drive and Reporter Choi, however the Air Drive ultimately allowed Reporter Choi to fly the F86D fighter jet. The pilot on the time was Main Park Yong-tae, and the flight commander ordered, ‘By no means go under 2,000 ft.’ After we received as much as the sky, Dokdo was too far-off for the digital camera and lens that reporter Choi had ready. The Leica digital camera M3 and 50mm lens that the Dong-A Ilbo reporters had on the time had been top-of-the-line cameras, however Dokdo as seen from a fighter jet was too far-off. Breaking his promise to the squadron commander, Reporter Choi requested Main Park, who was on the controls, to “come down simply as soon as.” I used to be lastly capable of see Dokdo by way of the clouds. I took simply 10 pictures with a shutter pace of 1/250th of a second whereas rotating twice. On the time, Editor-in-Chief Cheon Kwan-woo and Vice President Kim Sang-man had been very glad, and the primary Dokdo photograph displaying East and West Islands collectively from the air was distributed to readers.
●As we speak, we talked about aerial pictures in newspapers, imagining the airplane that flew over the Han River Railroad Bridge 100 years in the past and filmed an occasion. What did you discover particular in regards to the photograph?
We stay in an period the place anybody can take nice footage of their household and surroundings with a smartphone digital camera. In an age the place pictures has turn into commonplace, we search for the unique type of our pictures. A photojournalist selects and introduces a black-and-white photograph that was printed in a newspaper 100 years in the past each week. If readers’ imaginations are added to this, the context of the photograph will turn into clearer.
Reporter Byun Younger-wook [email protected]
2024-06-01 12:41:51