Trans Asia Photography is an international refereed open access journal based at the University of Toronto. It provides a venue for the interdisciplinary exploration of photography and Asia. The journal examines all aspects of photographic history, theory and practice by centering images in or of Asia, conceived here as a territory, network, and cultural imaginary. Bridging photography and area studies, the journal contributes to the study of photography and its histories by rethinking transnational and transcultural approaches and methodologies. By focusing on photographic practices beyond Euro-American frameworks, the journal foregrounds different ways of seeing and knowing as a way to advance new understandings of photography.
Trans Asia Photography is a journal that promotes scholarship at the intersections of several multidisciplinary fields, encompassing photography studies, Asian Studies, transpacific critique, visual studies, art history, diaspora studies, cultural studies, history, and history of photography, among others.
This journal was founded in 2010 by Sandra Matthews as Trans Asia Photography Review, an international refereed journal devoted to the discussion of historic and contemporary photography from Asia. From Spring 2021, the journal was renamed Trans Asia Photography under the co-editorship of Deepali Dewan, Yi Gu, and Thy Phu and relaunched with a new website. Its editors and operations are based at the University of Toronto. From 2010-2021, TAP was published by University of Michigan Press and copyright was held by Hampshire College. From 2022 onwards, publication, copyright and ownership of TAP is with Duke University Press. | 
