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Little girl urinating
Ed van der Elsken, 1959-11 - 1960-05
Van der Elsken regularly combined photographs he had taken at different times and in different places. By arranging them next to each other, he was able to suggest a deeper meaning. In the book, this photograph was set between two pictures of lions symbolizing capitalism and communism. After all, Hong Kong was then a small, capitalist British colony on the Chinese coast. ‘And in between, a little girl: a child of the people crushed between two world powers!’
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2019-242-1-20(R)
- Dimensionsheight 252 mm x width 251 mm