Most portraits in the 1800s were serious because camera exposures could take as long as an hour. Lengthy exposure times meant portraitures tended to be serious. #Photography
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'세상에서 가장 행복한 중국인'
1. 1901년, '사진'이라는 개념이 낯설었던 이 중국인은 당시 남겨진 사진들과는 전혀 다른 분위기의 작품을 남김
2. 중국의 산업과 문화를 '과학적'으로 기록하기 위해 떠났던 미국의 탐험대가 스튜디오에서 '쌀밥을 먹는 생활상'을 재현해달라고 부탁했고
3. '엄숙한 초상화'를 남기는 작업과 비슷했던 당시 서양의 사진 개념과 다르게 그런 상황 따위 잘 몰랐던 이 중국인은
4. 그냥 막 찍어버림
5. 원정을 마친 탐험대는 훗날 돌아와 '밥 먹는 중국인'이라는 제목을 붙이고 사진을 자연사 박물관에 전시하게 됨
Year of the Fire Horse is in view. #cny
ALT Fire Horse
For English-speaking Children: read a scholar's review of "Celebrating Chinese New Year: History, Traditions, and Activities - A Holiday Book for Kids" #CNY @Misspanada1
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ALT Rhonda Tintle, Phd VIAJERA -- 旅居者 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Contact info
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This is sad for the Japanese people who are not responsible for the threats Japan’s USA Puppet Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made against China and Xi. Heartbreaking #Japan #china #pandas #pandanation #pandaworld
#pandapeace
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🇨🇳 Se ha inaugurado, por la proximidad al Año Nuevo Chino, el Festival de los Faroles de Zigong, en Sichuan.
Miles de faroles iluminan la ciudad, reflejando una mezcla de influencias de la China clásica con la actual.
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In Chinese folk culture, lighting lanterns is a way to pray for blessings. Thousands of years have passed, but our people continue to honor the beautiful tradition today. (Hetou Old Street of Tangshan, Hebei)
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Mao gave rights to women in China, rights women in China had been denied for thousands of years. As a pioneer of Chinese women's movement, Mao Zedong made women’s liberation a reality in China. Mao revealed the root of Chinese women’s issue as class oppression.
ALT Mao Zedong meeting with women’s supporters in 1949.
Chinese migrants worked across the North American Frontiers. Samples of Chinese work certificates and visas hang in the Canadian Museum in Vancouver. Chinese Immigration and Inclusion Studies.
ALT Samples of Chinese work certificates
U.S. Forest service produced documentation of Chinese laborers on Central Pacific RR.
Chinese Railroad Workers blasted & chiseled their way through the Sierra Nevada Mountains They received equal pay & equal benefits plus had personal chefs because they demanded decent meals.
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150 years ago, in Sept. 1872, 30 Chinese boys landed in SF to begin a 10-year education in the colleges of the US. These students and the others who followed them returned to China as the first Chinese to receive an extensive western education.
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🇨🇳 Una cosa buena de que China se vuelva hegemón es que vamos a tener cultura de verdad y no McDonalds.
