No title (Temple roof end)
(1935)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
22.8 × 30.5 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1976
© Harvard-Yenching Library. Originals held by the Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
‘I spent my leisure time exploring the city and its neighbourhoods, generally by bicycle. It was impossible to be bored in Peking as there was so much to see and to photograph, and everywhere I was treated with the greatest courtesy and consideration,’ Hedda Morrison recalled of her time in China. ‘I found the people to be willing and obliging photographic subjects, treating my requests with good humour and patience.’ In the thirteen years she lived there, she built up an extraordinary body of photographs, mainly taken with a Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera. The images are sensitive observations of daily life, Chinese culture and ancient architectural sites.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
China
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 5002
Accession Number
PH115-1976
Department
International Photography
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