The intertwined development of popular photography and cycling in Britain was felt so close that, in the 1880s, contemporary commentators could write of ‘cyclo-photographers’. The camera apparatus available at this time, bulky and fragile, was largely impractical to carry on a ride, and thus cyclo-photographers joined outdoor photographers in asking manufacturers for simpler and easier to operate cameras. However, a close reading of primary sources reveals that such demands were also the result of a new engagement with the possibility of seeing enabled by cycling itself. What was the cyclo-photographers’ experience of visual modernity? This article explores whether, and in what ways, the parallel emergence of a desire for compact cameras was linked to the new, and interconnected, ways of moving and seeing that the engagement with these two modern cultural technologies had made possible.

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'Cyclo-Photographers'、视觉现代性和相机技术的发展，1880 年代至 1890 年代

流行摄影和自行车在英国交织发展的感觉是如此接近，以至于在 1880 年代，当代评论员可以写出“自行车摄影师”。当时可用的相机设备笨重且易碎，在很大程度上无法随身携带，因此自行车摄影师与户外摄影师一起要求制造商提供更简单、更易于操作的相机。然而，仔细阅读原始资料表明，这种需求也是一种新的参与的结果，这种可能性是由自行车本身实现的。自行车摄影师对视觉现代性的体验是什么？本文探讨了对紧凑型相机的渴望是否以及以何种方式与新的、相互关联的、