2024-07-06 15:21:08
Byun Young-wook’s Centennial Photo No. 67
While waiting for a signal to go straight, I noticed the handrails of the bus in front of me. The colors of the handrails were a mix of green, blue, red, and yellow. I only remembered the old buses that were all green, but I wondered when it changed so much. Of course, in this era of flashy colors, it is only natural that the interior and service of the bus would change as the passengers’ sensibilities change. The photo selected by Baeknyeon Photo this week is from the June 30, 1924 edition of the Dong-A Ilbo. There is no separate article explaining the game, and only the photo and a brief description are printed.
●Schoolgirls wearing skirts and engrossed in a volleyball game
Across the net, female students are playing volleyball. Six or seven referees are watching the game from above and on the ground, wearing suits. Several large tents are set up at the edge of the field. You can guess that there are many games being played and that there are many participants and cheerleaders. Do you think there are a lot of players in the volleyball game in the photo? Unlike the current six-person volleyball game, there seem to be more than ten players on each side. It is said that there used to be a nine-person volleyball game, but this photo shows more players than the nine-person game. It is unusual to see them playing in skirts instead of sportswear. You can feel the tension of the players as they are holding their skirts tightly with belts to prevent them from falling down. Behind both teams, female students who are either cheerleaders or substitutes are watching the game with headbands on.
●When did the Blue and White Army headbands disappear?
The most noticeable thing in the photo was the headband. Since it’s a black and white photo, you can’t see the colors, but I imagine they were probably divided into blue and white. Now that I think about it, I wonder if they still wear blue and white headbands to distinguish teams at elementary school sports days. If I remember correctly, until about ten years ago, when you went to elementary school sports days, you would be divided into blue and white teams and wear headbands to run relays, play tug-of-war, or roll a ball. However, at some point, the headbands that distinguished the blue and white teams disappeared. When I searched on Naver, I found that instead, they were using vests or hats to distinguish the blue and white teams. Of course, there are still schools where students wear headbands to participate in sports days, but for the most part, it’s an item that doesn’t suit the current generation, which emphasizes ‘gangsterism’. I think it wasn’t until the late 2000s, when people born in the 80s began to become parents and teachers, that headbands disappeared and teams began to be distinguished by new fashion items.
The headband is an icon that symbolizes seriousness or desperation. There was a time when it was believed, or actually, that only studying could lead to social mobility. It was a time when the image of smart sons and daughters from poor families sitting at their desks, wearing headbands with the word “passed” written on them, and staying up all night was repeated in newspapers and broadcasts. Also, when people from all walks of life raised their voices demanding the right to live at the beginning of democratization in the late 1980s, headbands were always a symbol. As time passes and generations change, we feel once again that sensibilities also change.
Today, I thought about the disappearance of the Cheongbaek team headband in our society through a photo of a female student wearing a headband and being engrossed in a volleyball game from a hundred years ago. What did you notice in the photo? Please leave your thoughts in the comments.
| In an era where anyone can take great pictures of their family and scenery with a smartphone camera, let’s look back at the origins of our photography in an era where photography has become commonplace. A photojournalist selects one black-and-white photo from a newspaper 100 years ago every week and introduces it. If readers add their imagination to this, the context of the photo will become clearer. |
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