International Photography (4,084)

Near Hamburg UNKNOWN No title (Cottage in bush) Arthur DOBREE No title (Middle Eastern street scene) N. KLUTTERBUCK Tiberas hot baths Karimeh ABBUD A p'ai-lou Hedda MORRISON In the early morning elderly gentlemen practised t'ai-chi, the ancient Chinese system of exercised designed to perfect body balance Hedda MORRISON Hua-piao outside T'ien An Men. There was one pair of these pillars outside and one pair inside T'ien An Men, as a reminder to the emperor to walk in the path of virtue Hedda MORRISON No title (Street procession with people carrying puppets) Hedda MORRISON Ch'i Pai Shih affixing his seal on a painting Hedda MORRISON No title (Boy at street market) Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON Spinning silk floss into thread Hedda MORRISON Spirit wall by Nan Hai Hedda MORRISON The Drum Tower, thirty metres high, which helped protect the Forbidden City from malign influences. In imperial times a drum was beaten here at nightfall Hedda MORRISON T'ai Ho Tien, the first of three great halls of state which constituted the nucleus of the Forbidden City, as seen from T'ai Ho Men Hedda MORRISON Painting was by no means an all male activity. There were many women artists Hedda MORRISON Watering radishes by hand Hedda MORRISON Wang Ch'ing Fang, another gifted artist. He painted landscapes in a style that was a break from tradition. Art was his vocation but he supported his family by teaching Hedda MORRISON The old lady who ran the opium den that I visited. She was not averse to a pipe herself when business was slack Hedda MORRISON The proprietor of Niu Jou Wan, a grilled beef restaurant Hedda MORRISON The scroll mounters Hedda MORRISON Gypsies Nora DUMAS Ginza (Woman walking with '30s style dress, white, with white hat) Michiko YAMAWAKI Ginza (Street corner) Michiko YAMAWAKI Indestructible object MAN RAY Cana of Galilee Karimeh ABBUD Untitled Mikki FERRILL Ch'i Pai Shih (1863-1957), the distinguished painter and calligrapher, at work in his studio. He specialized in painting flowers and aquatic life, especially crabs and prawns Hedda MORRISON Beating raw cotton to remove the dust and fibres Hedda MORRISON Beggar woman and her child. Over the years I often saw her and she was nearly always pregnant Hedda MORRISON