Picture Paradise: Asia - Pacific Photography 1840s - 1940s
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Title
Picture Paradise: Asia - Pacific Photography 1840s - 1940s
Venues
National Gallery Of Australia (2008 – 2008)
Date
(2008)
Summary
Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Photographs.
Countries of context
Australia | China | Hawaii | India | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Singapore
Abstract
Picture Paradise is the first ever comparative survey exhibition of the history of photography in the Asia–Pacific region, from the formative decades of the 1840s to 1860s to the early 1940s and the advent of the Second World War.
The exhibition chronicles the developments in photography throughout South and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific to the west coast of North America. Early photography in the Asia–Pacific region reveals the beauty and cultural diversity of the region.
Picture Paradise is presented in conjunction with Vivid, Australia’s inaugural National Photography Festival, celebrating photography’s vital role in Australian life and history.
Proudly supported by the National Gallery of Australia Council Exhibitions Fund
This exhibition is part of Vivid Australia's first ever National Photography Festival. Find out more aboutat nla.gov.au/vivid [Gallery media, 2008]