Photography of China

Photography of China Since 2011, Photography of China’s goal has been to offer a multifaceted vision of China and its history through the eyes of people who love photography.

Within a substantial archive lies a collection of photographs captured by individuals associated with the British milita...
30/06/2025

Within a substantial archive lies a collection of photographs captured by individuals associated with the British military's presence in China. This includes the Ruxton Family Collection, which features images from the 1920s and 1930s.

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In 1989, Xu Yong captured images of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in Beijing, China. For over twenty years, these ...
16/06/2025

In 1989, Xu Yong captured images of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in Beijing, China. For over twenty years, these negatives remained concealed in his collection to avoid government censorship. He has now courageously decided to release these photographs in their negative form.

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John Thomson was the first Western photographer to travel widely through the length and breadth of nineteenth century Ch...
19/05/2025

John Thomson was the first Western photographer to travel widely through the length and breadth of nineteenth century China. Discover MIT Visualizing Cultures’ essay by Professor Allen Hockley accompanied by a full reproduction of Thomson’s “Illustrations of China and Its People” published in the 1870s.

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This volume seeks to shed light on one of Tibet’s little-studied secular features: its military institutions prior to 19...
05/05/2025

This volume seeks to shed light on one of Tibet’s little-studied secular features: its military institutions prior to 1959. It uses archival photographs, an underused historical source, to discover aspects of the Tibetan army history that scarcely appear in the written sources.

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This collection contains 224 lantern slide and glass plate negative images of portraits, landscapes, scenery and archite...
21/04/2025

This collection contains 224 lantern slide and glass plate negative images of portraits, landscapes, scenery and architecture in China as well as shots documenting the socio-economic activities of the Chinese from the 1900s to the 1930s.

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In his series "A Second History", Beijing-based artist, Zhang Dali, examines the widespread use of photographic manipula...
07/04/2025

In his series "A Second History", Beijing-based artist, Zhang Dali, examines the widespread use of photographic manipulation carried out by the Chinese government during the regime of Mao Tse-tung (1949–76).

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Erwo Xuan was a studio established in Hangzhou during the Guangxu period (1875–1908). Managed by Yu Yinchu, the studio p...
24/03/2025

Erwo Xuan was a studio established in Hangzhou during the Guangxu period (1875–1908). Managed by Yu Yinchu, the studio published a rare album of scenic views of Hangzhou and was the first local studio to use electric light.

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Jo Farrell merges the educational, the anthropological, the taboo, the social and the artistic by photographing some of ...
10/03/2025

Jo Farrell merges the educational, the anthropological, the taboo, the social and the artistic by photographing some of the last remaining women with bound feet in China.

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Liang Xiu's images embody life on the fringe of Chinese society. The subjects – often the artist herself – raise thorny ...
24/02/2025

Liang Xiu's images embody life on the fringe of Chinese society. The subjects – often the artist herself – raise thorny questions about economic disparity, the role of women, and sexual orientation.

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Images of Muslims and Christian missionaries working among them in Western China in the 1920s and 1930s form the core of...
10/02/2025

Images of Muslims and Christian missionaries working among them in Western China in the 1920s and 1930s form the core of Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr.’s collection.

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Happy New Year of the Snake! 春节快乐！ © Ren Hang
27/01/2025

Happy New Year of the Snake! 春节快乐！

© Ren Hang

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Since 2011, Photography of China’s goal has been to offer a multifaceted vision of China and its history through the eyes of people who love photography. We commit to facilitating the wide circulation of knowledge byspotlighting individuals and photographic works from the advent of the medium to contemporary times. We are a unique online hub connecting A-list artists, media, institutions, corporates, and collectors from around the world.