The kids were moving at unsafe speeds by this time, so I could pause in the last exhibit only for these two goofy shots. Called 'Neither East nor West,' the exhibit is a set of photographs taken of wealthy and powerful Asians, who were able in the late 1800s and early 1900s for the first time to travel in comfort to Europe. Many had their photographs taken at the Lafayette Studio in London, some in their Asian finery and some dressed up like English gentlemen and ladies. The exhibit emphasizes how the invention of the railway and the steamship made possible an age of international travel and exchange. I have been thinking of my grandmother's trip to Europe in the summer of 1926, the same year that some of the pictures were taken...

0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home