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Category Archives: Photographers
Our China spies
We have been attempting to persuade a friend of the project, author Adam Brookes, former BBC Beijing correspondent, to pen a note to mark the paperback publication of his second novel, Spy Games. If you have not read it, you … Continue reading
Posted in Photograph of the day, Photographers
Tagged Canton, espionage, Fu Bingchang, George Findlay Andrew, Guomindang, Hu Jibang, Mikhail Borodin, Morris 'Two-gun' Cohen, Moscow, spies, spy, Swatow
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Fu Bingchang's Diaries
One of our star photographers is Chinese diplomat Fu Bingchang (1895-1965), who pursued with fairly equal vigour all his life his activities as a diplomat, photographer, diarist, and lover. Excepting the diaries these facets of his life are fairly well … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Elsewhere on the net, Photograph of the day, Photographers
Tagged Fu Bingchang, Radio
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Report on 'Snapshots in Time: Photography and History in Modern China'
Dr Sabrina Fairchild, who composed this blog, and who organised this workshop, completed her PhD at the University of Bristol in Spring 2016 with a thesis on ‘Fuzhou and Global Empires: Understanding the Treaty Ports of Modern China, 1850-1937.’ On … Continue reading
Posted in About us, History of photography in China, Photographers
Tagged Bristol, British Inter-university China Centre, students, workshop
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David Bellis on Warren Swire’s second visit to Hong Kong, 1911-12
In this, the second of a series of blogs, David Bellis explores the photographs taken by G. Warren Swire on his trip to Hong Kong in 1911-12. Because John Swire & Sons was headquartered in London, each year one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Guest blogs, Photograph of the day, Photographers
Tagged cable car, Circe, Hong Kong, Mount Parker, sanatorium, ship, ship building, Swire, Taikoo, University, Warren Swire
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Postgraduate workshop: 'Snapshots in Time: Photography and History in Modern China'
The British Inter-university China Centre, and the Historical Photographs of China project at the University of Bristol warmly invite applications from Masters and Doctoral students working in modern Chinese and East Asian history to participate in a three-day research training … Continue reading
Posted in About us, History of photography in China, Photographers
Tagged Bristol, British Inter-university China Centre, students, workshop
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David Bellis on Warren Swire's Hong Kong, 1906-1940
David Bellis runs Gwulo.com, an online community for anyone interested in Hong Kong’s history. It hosts over 20,000 pages of information, including over 10,000 photographs. David recently visited Bristol to discuss his work, and met the team. In this, the … Continue reading
Posted in Guest blogs, Photograph of the day, Photographers
Tagged Dockyard, Hong Kong, Swire
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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
Posted in Exhibition, Photographers
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
Posted in Exhibition, History of photography in China, Photographers, Visualisation
Tagged china, exhibition, history, Martin Parr, photobook, photographers, WassinkLundgren
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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
Posted in Collections, Exhibition, New Collections, Photographers
Tagged AHRC, BAT, Ephgrave, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipal Police
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Who took the photographs? 2
A good source of contemporary photographs of Shanghai and its doings between 1906 and 1914, is the journal Social Shanghai; and other parts of China, edited by Mina Shorrock. In volume 3 there is an article about the Shanghai photographic … Continue reading
Posted in History of photography in China, Photographers
Tagged Hangzhou Bore, Photography Studios, Postcards, Shanghai, Social Shanghai
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