Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956

C001 15 Tom Hutchins Canton (Guangzhou) 1956 photography of china - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956 | Tom Hutchins (1) | - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956

C006 19 Tom Hutchins People at Peace Soviet exhibition, Hankow, Zhejiang, China 1956 A3 photography of china - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956 | Tom Hutchins (1) | - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956

C024 17 Tom Hutchins Buddhists worship big Temple, Peking, 2,500th anniv attainment Buddha nirvana s A3 photography of china - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956 | Tom Hutchins (1) | - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956

C015 4 Tom Hutchins Four girls looking over balcony to city in Pavilion on top of Coal Mountain, Peking 1956 photography of china - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956 | Tom Hutchins (1) | - Tom Hutchins: Seen in China 1956

DESCRIPTION

This bi-lingual book was produced to coincide with the debut exhibition of photographs made in China 60 years ago by the pioneering New Zealand photojournalist and photographic educator, Tom Hutchins (1921-2007), presented at the 2016 Pingyao International Photography Festival.

‘On the platform there are many people waiting to cross the other way, waiting for the train back to Hong Kong. . . No one seems to mind having their pictures taken, and the attractive girl who sends off my cable from a raised bureau in the middle of the platform blushes and smiles with charming embarrassment as I focus closely on her, and a few smiling people gather to watch. As she looks up tables and concentrates on getting a few words away to a strange place called New Zealand I keep my camera busy, and behind it I secretly celebrate this first success in doing what I had come to China for—photographing in my own way and on my own terms these people who number a quarter of mankind.’ The above quote is from Tom Hutchins, writing about entering Communist China on 9 May 1956, which was then closed to most of the world. It was the beginning of four months of non-stop activity for him.

SPECIFICATIONS

Edited by John B. Turner
Published by Turner PhotoBooks, Auckland/Beijing in collaboration with PhotoForum Inc, Auckland, NZ
Date of publication: 2016
Designated as PhotoForum #86
Chinese translation by Han Niu

English and Chinese text

ISSN 01110411

A5, 124 pages, 99 photographs, hardcover

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