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Inventing a “Chinese” Portrait Style in Early Photography: The Case of Milton Miller (active 1850s-1860s): Elvera Kwang Siam Lim Memorial Lecture
Professor Wu Hung will talk about Milton Miller's career and the creation of his China portraits at the University of California, Berkeley.
When:
October 29, 2010 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Where
Speaker: Wu Hung, Art History, University of Chicago
Who invented the so-called "Chinese portrait style" in photography after this new visual technology reached China in the mid-19th century? What did such an "invention" mean at this particular historical moment? This paper speculates on these and other questions by focusing on Milton Miller's career as a transnational photographer and the creation of his China portraits.
Phone Number:
510-643-6321
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