名称: A Distant View of Guangzhou/远眺广州
类别: Stereoview/立体照片
日期: 1858
尺寸: 8.5x17cm 



名称: A Distant View of Guangzhou/远眺广州
类别: Stereoview/立体照片
日期: 1858
尺寸: 8.5x17cm 


Pierre Joseph Rossier (1829-1886) was a Swiss pioneer of early photography with profound expertise in the albumen print process. During the Second Opium War, he was commissioned to travel to Asia with the original plan of documenting the Anglo-French expedition in China. Although the mission was not realized, he spent several years in Asia and produced a significant body of valuable images. His journeys took him across China, the Philippines, Japan, and Siam. In Japan, as the first professional photographer, he laid the foundation for the development of local photography. Beyond creating important works himself, he also trained Japan’s first generation of photographers, including Ueno Hikoma, Maeda Genzō, and Horie Kuwajirō, directly shaping the beginnings of Japan’s photographic tradition.

皮埃尔·约瑟夫·罗西耶（Pierre Joseph Rossier, 1829-1886）是瑞士早期摄影的先驱人物，对蛋白印相法（Albumen Print）有着深入研究。在第二次鸦片战争期间，他受雇前往亚洲，原本计划记录英法联军的对华远征，虽然计划未能实现，但他在亚洲的数年间，留下了大量珍贵影像。他的足迹遍及中国、菲律宾、日本和暹罗，其中在日本成为首位职业摄影师，对当地摄影事业的发展起到了奠基作用。他不仅创作了重要的照片作品，还培养了上野彦馬、前田玄造、堀江鍬次郎等日本第一代摄影师，直接推动了日本摄影传统的建立。

In terms of artistic achievement, Rossier’s photography combined documentary value with artistic expression. Through rigorous composition and the careful use of light and shadow, he depicted both the social realities and natural landscapes of various Asian countries. His albumen prints, delicate and richly layered, not only fulfilled European audiences’ imagination of the East but also became essential visual texts for the study of 19th-century cultural exchanges between East and West.

As for museum collections, Rossier’s works are preserved in several major institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in the United States, and local archives in Fribourg, Switzerland. These holdings attest to his lasting value and influence in the global history of photography and provide vital resources for future research into early images of Asia.

在艺术成就方面，罗西耶的摄影作品兼具纪实性与艺术性，他通过严谨的构图与光影控制，展示了亚洲各国的社会风貌与自然景致。他的蛋白印相作品细腻、层次丰富，不仅满足了欧洲观众对东方的想象，也成为研究19世纪东西方交流的重要影像文本。

在博物馆收藏方面，罗西耶的作品现被多家重要机构珍藏，其中包括伦敦的维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆（V&A）、法国国立图书馆（BnF）、美国大都会艺术博物馆（The Met）、以及瑞士弗里堡的本地档案馆。这些收藏证明了他在全球摄影史上的价值和影响力，也为后世提供了研究早期亚洲影像的重要资料。 >>返回>>