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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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Donna Brunero on the Maze Collection of Chinese Junk Models
Junks can be spotted in many of the photographs in our collections of harbours, coasts, and rivers. They attracted curious interest from residents and visitors, for they seemed ‘picturesque’, but they were also caught in snapshots simply because they were an integral … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Maritime Customs Service, harbours, history, junks, museums, ports, rivers, shipping
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Back to the past
Prior to 1949, and again more recently, foreign tourists avidly visited the marvellous sights in China. The tourist trail would include the Ming Tombs, just forty kilometres north of Peking (Beijing), here being explored in the 1920s, by donkey in … Continue reading