Jiang Fangling with a camera, Northern Hot Springs, 1940

Jiang Fangling with a camera, Northern Hot Springs, 1940

Collection

Fu Bingchang

Identifier

Fu02-051

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fu02-051.  Jiang Fangling (Ling Mei; Fanny) is holding a Voigtländer 'Superb' camera, probably owned by Fu. This twin lens reflex camera, with a unique parallax correction device, was made by Voigtländer and Sohn (Braunschweig). It used 120 film, making negatives 2.25 inches (57mm) square. The camera was introduced in 1933. See Fu-n258 (the photograph of Min Chin with this Voigtländer 'Superb' camera).  Northern Hot Springs Park (Pei-wan-chuan Park, Beiquan), near Pei-pai (Beibei), 30km north of Chongking (Chungqing). See also Fu-n258, Fu-n296, Fu01-025 and Fu04-005.

Caption in album or on mount

江芳苓 1940

Location

Beibei

Date

Monday 12 February 1940

Photographer

Fu Bingchang

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Collection of C. H. Foo and Y. W. Foo