International Photography (4,084)

Fa Hai Ssu (The Law Ocean Temple), a small temple in the Western Hills which was remarkable for its Ming frescos still in excellent state of preservation. The walls on which they had been painted were always in near darkness Hedda MORRISON Ch'ien Men, the central southern gate of the Tartar City, taken from near the railway station. The small horse-drawn cabs were rarely to be seen in the latter years of my stay in Peking Hedda MORRISON Coal Hill, the artificial hill lying to the north of the Forbidden City Hedda MORRISON Ch'i Pai Shih and his young family Hedda MORRISON Duck farm below the city wall Hedda MORRISON No title (Pavilions at the northern end of Pei Hai) Hedda MORRISON No title (Buildings and moat, covered in snow) Hedda MORRISON No title (Two men in opium den) Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The New Year Fair at Liu Li Ch'ang was of special importance for the sale of paintings and other works of art Hedda MORRISON The stupa of the Yellow Temple which lay outside the north wall of Peking Hedda MORRISON Kiki of Montparnasse MAN RAY Atikah cigarette Katt BOTH Design for wallpaper Elsa THIEMANN Ginza (Two women crossing street, one with white hat) Michiko YAMAWAKI Ginza (Ginza Palace) Michiko YAMAWAKI One of the large carved marble slabs over which the emperor was carried during his visits to the Temple of the Imperial Ancestors Hedda MORRISON Pewter was used in the manufacture of many household utensils Hedda MORRISON A moon guitar Hedda MORRISON Itinerant refreshment stall for children. Wherever there might be a demand, there would be some specialist hawker filling the needs of even the smallest customer Hedda MORRISON No title (The Forbidden City wall and moat) Hedda MORRISON No title (Crafting an instrument) Hedda MORRISON No title (Craftsperson) Hedda MORRISON No title (Boy in street) Hedda MORRISON Roof figures by Pei Hai commemorating the execution of a cruel tyrant in the year 283 B.C. Hedda MORRISON Schoolboys under martial arts instruction. Traditional martial arts skills and acrobatics were preserved in the theatre and for popular entertainment Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON Repairing a painting prior to remounting, work calling for the most exacting skills Hedda MORRISON