Shanghai 1949
Photograph
1949 (made)
1949 (made)
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Black and white photograph depicting a poverty-stricken woman and child seated in a street in Shanghai. She has a sign on the ground in front of her, weighed down by stones, and a larger sign behind her. Her face is bent downwards but her young child looks at the camera.
Object details
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| Title | Shanghai 1949 |
| Materials and techniques | Black and white photograph |
| Brief description | Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting a poverty-stricken woman and child seated in a street in Shanghai. China, 1949. |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph depicting a poverty-stricken woman and child seated in a street in Shanghai. She has a sign on the ground in front of her, weighed down by stones, and a larger sign behind her. Her face is bent downwards but her young child looks at the camera. |
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| Accession number | PH.787-1978 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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