03/14/2024
Please join us this Friday for the opening celebration of "Dragon Women: Early Chinese Photography," an exhibition of rare early photographs of Chinese women from the Loewentheil Photography of China Collection. There will be a special Lion Dance performed by female dancers. The reception begins at 6pm this Friday, March 15th.
Dragon Women: Early Chinese Photography runs March 14th – May 15 (by appointment after March 15). Admission is free.
Dragon Women: Early Chinese Photography celebrates the Year of the Dragon and the representation of women in the earliest photography of China. This is the first exhibition devoted to the depiction of Chinese women in early photography. The exhibition held in the Year of the Dragon reclaims the feminine power of the dragon and honors all Chinese women. The over 50 photographs include the first photographic portraits of Chinese women, most made in the 1860s and 1870s. Many have never before been shown. The exhibition examines women’s place in society in the late Qing dynasty and their depiction in historical photography of China. It also presents work by the few known early female photographers of China.
