Pedestrians & Vendors On Pottinger Street, A Stepped Street, Central District, Hong Kong Island [c1946] Hedda Morrison [RESTORED]

Entitled: Pedestrians & Vendors On Pottinger Street, A Stepped Street, Central District, Hong Kong Island [c1946] H Morrison [RESTORED] Minor spot and scratch removal, contrast and tonal adjustments, with a sepia, followed by a cooler tone in the shadows (LOL, what is generally referred to as "a poor man's duotone")

 

Hedda Morrison was a tremendous resource for images from the latter part of the Republican China years, photographing extensively with a 2 1/4 Rolleiflex Twin Lens (my personal roll film favorite) during her 13 year stay in China (from 1933 - 1946). Coincidentally, she then married into the family of and bears the name of another very famous China photographer; she married George Ernest Morrison's son, Alastair in 1946. Besides photography in China, she was also known for a large body of image work in Malaysia and Australia (where she died in 1991). Her husband, generously donated her life's work, divided between Harvard University and Australia's Power House Museum of Science & Design.

 

This image was found on Harvard University's VIA (Visual Information Access) Search Engine under Record Identifier olvwork351320. A notation with the image states:

 

"View looking from Stanley Street up to Wellington Street. Small businesses line the street including restaurants, tailors, photographic shops and other speciality stores."

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