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In recent years, photographs in the context of the global Christian missionary enterprise during the “long nineteenth century” have earned more and more attention as a research subject. A closer examination shows how photographs, taken by missionary personnel, reveal intertwined ideas of self and external perception, documentation claims, promotional purposes, souvenir character, and aesthetic considerations. This paper explores the many different functions of missionary photography through the example of two photographs, taken by a missionary of the Swiss Basel Evangelical Mission in China in the year 1911. The two pictures offer a unique perspective on a significant turning point in Chinese history: the abolition of the imperial Qing Dynasty in favour of the new republican government in form of the bianzi 辮子hairstyle as a symbol of this change.

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Durch die Linse: „Alt- und Jungchina“: Missionsfotografien der Evangelischen Missionsgesellschaft zu Basel in China, 1911

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    2025年

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  • Lisa Kerl

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In recent years, photographs in the context of the global Christian missionary enterprise during the “long nineteenth century” have earned more and more attention as a research subject. A closer examination shows how photographs, taken by missionary personnel, reveal intertwined ideas of self and external perception, documentation claims, promotional purposes, souvenir character, and aesthetic considerations. This paper explores the many different functions of missionary photography through the example of two photographs, taken by a missionary of the Swiss Basel Evangelical Mission in China in the year 1911. The two pictures offer a unique perspective on a significant turning point in Chinese history: the abolition of the imperial Qing Dynasty in favour of the new republican government in form of the bianzi 辮子hairstyle as a symbol of this change.