History of photography in China : Chinese photographers, 1844-1879 / Terry Bennett ; [edited by Anthony Payne and Lindsey Stewart].
- Bennett, Terry
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Quaritch, 2013.
Physical description
ix, 386 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 x 25 cm
Notes
"This book completes a three-volume series on the photographic history of China until the late 19th century."--From book jacket.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index of photographers.
Contents
Preface / Terry Bennett -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Beginning of Photography in China -- Chapter 2: Chinese Reactions to Photography -- Chapter 3 Chinese Commercial Photography -- Chapter 4: Chinese Photography Considered: Potrait Photography; Landscape Photography -- Chapter 5: Photography in Peking (Beijing): Introduction; Yang Fang; Chow; Wang -- Chapter 6: Photography in Hong Kong: Introduction; Lai Fong and the Afong Studio; The Afong Studio after 1890; Ye Chung; Pun Lun; Liang Shitai (See Tay); Hing Qua John & Co.; Kai Sack, Wo Cheong; Other Chinese Studios in Hong Kong -- Chapter 7: Canton (Guangzhou): The Canton and Treaty Port Systems; Photography in Canton -- Chapter 8: Photography in Shanghai -- Chapter 9: Photography in Foochow (Fuzhou) -- Chapter 10: Photography in Amoy (Xiamen) -- Chapter 11: Photography in Hankow (Hankou) -- Chapter 12: Photography in Tientsin (Tianjin) and Other Ports: Tientsin; Chefoo (Yantai); Ningpo (Ningbo); Swatow (Shantou); Kiukiang (Jiujiang); Nanking (Nanjing) -- Chapter 13: Photography in Macau (Aomen) -- Chapter 14: Photography in Formosa (Taiwan); Appendix 1: Chinese Cartes de Visite -- Appendix 2: Identifying Afong Studio Photographs -- Appendix 3: John Thomson on Hong Kong Photographers -- Appendix 4: Isaac Taylor Headland on Photography in China -- Appendix 5: Treaty Port Population Statistics -- Bibliography -- Photographic Terms -- Chronology of Photography in China to 1879 -- Regional Photography in China: Chronology 1842-1879 -- Index of Photographers -- Corrigenda: History of Photography in China 1842-1860; History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861-1879.
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- 19th century
- PhotographyChinaHistory19th century
- PhotographyChinaHong KongHistory19th century
- PhotographyChinaMacauHistory19th century
- PhotographyTaiwanHistory19th century
- PhotographersChinaHistory19th century
- Photography
- China
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Macau
- ChinaHistory19th centuryPictorial works
- ChinaSocial conditions19th centuryPictorial works
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesM30197
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780956301246
- 095630124X