This article examines the photographic subject of the return of Austrian prisoners of war in the aftermath of the Second World War. Scholars and curators have singled out what are known as the ‘homecomer’ photographs by the Austrian photographer Ernst Haas, praising their artistic quality and assigning these works an iconic status. This approach has obscured the broader historical background of this subject as well as the editorial practices, collaborative efforts, and propagandistic intentions of these works in the field of photojournalism. In contrast, this article focuses on the immediate historical and political context of returning prisoner-of-war photographs in the Austrian illustrated press, arguing that they were part of a broad visual discourse deliberately adopted by the postwar media for the purposes of Cold War propaganda.

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图片的冷战：在奥地利画报中描绘归来的战俘

本文探讨了二战后奥地利战俘归还的摄影主题。学者和策展人挑选了奥地利摄影师恩斯特·哈斯 (Ernst Haas) 所谓的“归乡者”照片，称赞它们的艺术品质并赋予这些作品标志性的地位。这种方法掩盖了该主题更广泛的历史背景以及这些作品在新闻摄影领域的编辑实践、合作努力和宣传意图。相比之下，本文侧重于奥地利插图媒体归还战俘照片的直接历史和政治背景，认为它们是战后媒体为冷战宣传而故意采用的广泛视觉话语的一部分.