International Photography (4,078)

In the early morning elderly gentlemen practised t'ai-chi, the ancient Chinese system of exercised designed to perfect body balance 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 Spinning silk floss into thread 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 The proprietor of Niu Jou Wan, a grilled beef restaurant Hedda MORRISON Watering radishes by hand 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 No title (Street procession with people carrying puppets) Hedda MORRISON No title (Boy at street market) Hedda MORRISON Spirit wall by Nan Hai Hedda MORRISON No title 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 Tiberas hot baths Karimeh ABBUD Design for wallpaper Elsa THIEMANN Ginza (Two women crossing street, one with white hat) Michiko YAMAWAKI Ginza (Ginza Palace) Michiko YAMAWAKI Atikah cigarette Katt BOTH No title (Buildings and moat, covered in snow) 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 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 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 No title (Pavilions at the northern end of Pei Hai) Hedda MORRISON Ch'i Pai Shih and his young family Hedda MORRISON Duck farm below the city wall Hedda MORRISON 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 The stupa of the Yellow Temple which lay outside the north wall of Peking Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON Beggar woman and her child. Over the years I often saw her and she was nearly always pregnant Hedda MORRISON Coal Hill, the artificial hill lying to the north of the Forbidden City Hedda MORRISON Beating raw cotton to remove the dust and fibres Hedda MORRISON