Cecil Beaton - Chinese Album - 1945

With a black-and-white frontispiece and photographs throughout.

with a black-and-white frontispiece and photographs throughout

First published 1945–46

During World War II, Cecil Beaton was sent to the Far East as a war photographer for the Ministry of Information. During his stay, he took thousands of photographs, a selection of which is gathered in his Chinese album. Beaton was deeply interested in all those he met, and all levels of Chinese society are documented in the book, with images of poets, scholars, orphans, mothers, soldiers, government officials, firefighters, police officers, noodle makers, salt miners, farmers, factory workers, and villagers.

Dust jacket in used condition, but with the merit of existing...