International Photography (4,078)

Writing the titles on a Chinese work of several volumes Hedda MORRISON No title (Street vendors) Hedda MORRISON Boy in a Mongol hat. This was a common and very necessary form of headwear in the bitter cold of the north China winter Hedda MORRISON No title (Temple statue) Hedda MORRISON No title (Walls and moat of the Forbidden City) Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The cut-out maker worked by eye and memory, cutting several sheets of paper at one time Hedda MORRISON One of four huge gilt-bronze bowls on the terrace (of T'ai Ho Tien, in the Forbidden City) Hedda MORRISON Principal mourners pause to make obeisance to the coffin Hedda MORRISON Cloisonné painting Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The Abbot of Sheng Mi Chih T'ang, one of the many temples at which I stayed. The Abbot was a courteous, kindly man who made visitors welcome Hedda MORRISON Nazareth, Mount Tabor Karimeh ABBUD Twenty photomontages 1930-1933 Elsa THIEMANN; Hans THIEMANN Ginza (Pumps and sandals walking on sidewalk) Michiko YAMAWAKI She is a tree of life to them Consuelo KANAGA New York Helen LEVITT The reed toy-maker, who would make his appearance in the summer and weave fresh reeds into a variety of wonderful shapes while you watched Hedda MORRISON The approach to Lu Kou Ch'iao (the Marco Polo Bridge) Hedda MORRISON A carpet weaver at work Hedda MORRISON Paper making by the traiditon method, similar to that used when the process was first invented in China Hedda MORRISON Beyond the p'ai-lou was the entrance gate proper leading to the Tablet House which contained a great stone monolith standing on the back of a tortoise Hedda MORRISON No title (Many fortune-sellers were blind and roamed the streets beating a small hand-gong to advertise their presence) Hedda MORRISON A sweet-maker who blew molten toffee into a wonderful variety of shapes Hedda MORRISON Detail of glazed tilework by Pei Hai Hedda MORRISON Seamstresses sewing characters on to cloth banners. Hedda MORRISON Making a rubbing Hedda MORRISON The Altar of Heaven by moonlight. Its tiers of gleaming white marble open to the sky, its perfect symmetry and its blend of simplicity and sophistication make it one of the world's most beautiful man-made structures. Seen in moonlight it appears to be floating in the air Hedda MORRISON