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Category Archives: Exhibition
Jamie Carstairs on Remembering John Thomson in Edinburgh
Last week a plaque was unveiled on John Thomson’s childhood home in Edinburgh, Scotland, in his centenary year. How did it get there? In 2018, the John Thomson Commemoration Group* formed to restore John Thomson’s grave in south London. During … Continue reading
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Tagged Edinburgh, history of photography, John Thomson, Scotland
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‘A Darkly Mysterious Instrument’: Through China with John Thomson
Dr Andrew Hillier discusses the China photographs of John Thomson (1837-1921) in the light of a recent exhibition of his work at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS. One of two hundred images published in John Thomson’s Illustrations of China and its … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibition, SOAS, Thomson
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Restoring John Thomson’s grave
Jamie Carstairs, Historical Photographs of China Project manager, has joined the committee seeking to restore photographer John Thomson’s grave. Here he explains why. An ad hoc group has come together to try to raise the funds needed to restore the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Exhibition, Photographers
Tagged china, exhibition, fund, grave, Heritage, photographer, Siam, Thomson
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Year of the Monkey
The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery celebrated the Chinese New Year in style over the weekend. Such was the interest that queues formed in the driving rain, as the building filled to capacity. Among the attractions, was the exhibition The … Continue reading
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Tagged Needham exhibition Bristol Monkey science
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Exhibition: 'A Trading Journey'
A TRADING JOURNEY Exhibition by Alejandro Acin From 12th to 22nd of November 2015 // 10am to 5pm Hosted in a shipping container, next to M Shed Museum Cafe A project which has grown out of the Historical Photographs of China … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, exhibition, Guangzhou, journey, trade
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Guangzhou: The Southern Gateaway
Alejandro Acin, photographer and project assistant at the Historical Photographs of China, recently participated in a learning exchange programme in Guangzhou – a collaboration between the University of Bristol and the University of Lancashire. The project is part of the … Continue reading
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Tagged commission, contemporary, Guangzhou, markets, new town, old city, photography
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The Chinese Photobook Exhibition
The Historical Photographs of China team recently visited “The Chinese Photobook’’ exhibition at the Photographers Gallery, London. Digitization Assistant, Alejandro Acin reports: The exhibition is based on a collection of photography books, compiled by Bristol-based photographer Martin Parr and the Dutch … Continue reading
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Tagged china, exhibition, history, Martin Parr, photobook, photographers, WassinkLundgren
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Another Prince on the Bund, 1926
This is Prince George, great-grand uncle of the Duke of Cambridge, who is currently visiting Shanghai. The date is 3 June 1926: Empire Day. The Prince is just about to inspect a parade in the extensive grounds of the old British Consulate-General at … Continue reading
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Tagged Empire day, royal visit, Shanghai
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A Prince on the Bund
The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has arrived in Shanghai to open the ‘GREAT Festival of Creativity‘ being held at the Long Museum from 2-4 March. It was a century and a quarter ago, on 8 April 1890, that an English Prince … Continue reading
January's face
Happy new year! The project’s pleased that the Arts & Humanities Research Council has used one of its photographs, taken by Shanghai-born Jack Ephgrave, as the first image in its desktop calendar for 2015. This photograph of a woman’s face … Continue reading
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Tagged AHRC, BAT, Ephgrave, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipal Police
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