International Photography (4,107)

No title Hedda MORRISON Pavilions at the northern end of Pei Hai Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The stupa of the Yellow Temple which lay outside the north wall of Peking Hedda MORRISON No title 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 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 The halls of T'ai Miao (the Temple of the Imperial Ancestors), where the emperor would come at regular intervals to pay his respects to his own forebears Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The Forbidden City, view south from Coal Hill Hedda MORRISON Coal Hill, the artificial hill lying to the north of the Forbidden City Hedda MORRISON Spirit wall by Nan Hai Hedda MORRISON The base of the stupa of the Yellow Temple was decorated with marble panels illustrating the life of the Buddha. Unfortunately it has been badly defaced over the years Hedda MORRISON No title (Walls and moat of the Forbidden City) Hedda MORRISON The great white dagoba of Pei Hai (North Lake) which was built in 1651 to commemorate the first visit of the Dalai Lama to Peking Hedda MORRISON No title (Temple statue) Hedda MORRISON No title (Boy in street) Hedda MORRISON Beggar woman and her child. Over the years I often saw her and she was nearly always pregnant Hedda MORRISON No title (Boy at street market) Hedda MORRISON No title (Many fortune-sellers were blind and roamed the streets beating a small hand-gong to advertise their presence) Hedda MORRISON The cut-out maker worked by eye and memory, cutting several sheets of paper at one time 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 Hedda MORRISON Watering radishes by hand Hedda MORRISON Planting out rice seedlings Hedda MORRISON Duck farm below the city wall Hedda MORRISON The proprietor of Niu Jou Wan, a grilled beef restaurant Hedda MORRISON Seamstresses sewing characters on to cloth banners. Hedda MORRISON Repairing a painting prior to remounting, work calling for the most exacting skills Hedda MORRISON