Putting Asian Women Back in the Frame
Hong Kong Aida Rosie Weiwing-lox(?) Annie’ng(?) Ssǔ-hing(?) R.F.C.H. A. Gardiner: R.F.C. Hedgland Collection He02-017 © 2007 SOAS. In this over-exposed and badly-cropped photograph, six well-dressed men and women, including three Asian women, one Asian man, and two white men, are seated around a table littered with fine glassware and other fixtures.
A recent guest post for Visualising China, putting Asian women’s labour back in the frame through a reading of two 1920s photographs from the Hedgeland Collection at SOAS. Originally published August 2, 2021.