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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]
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Period
1855-1910
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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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