The photographs in the exhibition will include both Western and Chinese photographers, such as Lai Fong, Felice Beato, John Thomson, Thomas Child, William Saunders, Pun Lun, and Tung Hing. All are drawn from Loewentheil’s collection of Qing Dynasty photographs, currently the largest in private hands.
The opening reception is on March 10, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., with a gallery talk “China’s place in the history of photography,” on March 15, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.