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A Commercial Street in Guangzhou
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About this work
Guangzhou, formerly known as Canton, is located on the Pearl River and has for centuries been a center of trade and commerce. The photographer emphasizes the energy and bustle of this street of shops and businesses through the blurred figure in motion at bottom left. Other men peer out to watch the photographer—not a common sight in those days—as he captures their image on film.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA Commercial Street in Guangzhou, c. 1880. Lai Fong (Afong Studio) (Chinese, c. 1839–1890). Albumen print; sheet: 29 x 22.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael F. Resch, 2022.341
