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Picturing Hong Kong: photography 1855-1910


Abstract

In Edwin K. Lai's The Beginnings of Hong Kong Photography, the origins of commercial photography are reconstructed from newspaper advertisements, diary entries, and other contemporary documents."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents

Foreword / Vishakha N. Desai -- Preface and Acknowledgments / Roberta Wue -- A Brief History of Hong Kong to 1910 / Joanna Waley-Cohen -- Picturing Hong Kong: Photography through Practice and Function / Roberta Wue -- The Beginnings of Hong Kong Photography / Edwin K. Lai -- Plates. Sights of Hong Kong. Life in Hong Kong. Portraits and People. Cartes-De-Visite and Stereo-Views. App. Reprints from Periodicals.

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Publisher

  • Publication

    New York: Asia Society Galleries, [c1997]


Is about

  • Subject

  • Period

    1855-1910


Type

  • Language


Classification

  • ISBN

    • 9780878480852
    • 0878480854
    • 0807614246
    • 9780807614242

Annotations / title notes

  • Notes

    "Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Picturing Hong Kong: Photography 1855-1910' curated by Roberta Wue and co-organized by the Asia Society Galleries, New York, and the Hong Kong Arts Centre"--T.p. verso.


Date and place of event

  • Tentoonstelling New York, Asia Society Galleries 1997/06/11-1997/08/17. - Tacoma public library 1997. - Hong Kong Arts Centre 1998


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