Prints for sale hang on a sidewalk fence, Shanghai, January, from the series Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution

Artist:
Birns, Jack
Date Made:
1948
Classification:
Photograph
Country:
United States
Artist birth Date:
1919
Artist death Date:
2008
Dimensions:
10 5/8 x 10 1/8 (image) in.
Materials:
Gelatin silver print
Accession Number:
2004.39.4
Full BAMPFA credit line:
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Transfer from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Century:
20 AD

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Birns, JackA woman with bound feet waits for a train, Nanjing, November, from the series Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution(1948)

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Birns, JackCrowds watch prisoners paraded in an open truck, Shanghai, May from the series Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution(1949)

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Birns, JackCommunist prisoners, trussed and disemboweled, line the riverbank, Songjiang, February, from the series Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution(1948)

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Birns, JackUntitled (Sampans line the river), from the series Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution(1948-1949)

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