Photography played a subordinate role after the war to literature, music, and painting in terms of both artistic creativity and public acceptance.
不過因為戰前長期的訊息壓制，戰後缺乏學習與溝通的管道，在觀念上一下子無法開通求變、廣納新意，攝影在諸種藝術創作中，就只能扮演較附屬的被動角色，不如文學、音樂或繪畫那麼突出生色。