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Picturing Hong Kong: photography 1855-1910
Abstract
"Picturing Hong Kong brings together an extraordinary collection of 61 photographs of this unique city. These images shed new light on Hong Kong's hybrid culture, fully exploring for the first time Britain's use of photography in promoting its self-image as a civilizing force in Asia."--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
- 0807614246
- 9780878480852
- 9780807614242
- 0878480854
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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