The Royal Ontario Museum shows 'Shanghai 1860-1949: Historical Photographs' |
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| Friday, 28 November 2008 03:27 |
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 Twelve photographs by celebrated photographer Sam Tata examine the Chinese Civil War of 1949. These photographs, on loan from the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa, depict the inception of the Chinese Communist rule and the end of Shanghai’s reign as “Paris of the East.” On exhibition until 25 January, 2009.Tata Sam Bejan, photojournalist, portrait photographer (of Indian descent but born in Shanghai in September 30, 1911, China). He immigrated to Canada in 1956. An unobtrusive but lively personality permitted him to witness discreetly the events surrounding the 1949 Chinese Revolution. His extraordinary work recorded life on the streets and in the courts of Shanghai in 1949; in India, he had seen the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson and found his approach to photography radically altered. The recipient of various awards and honourary degrees, Tata had exhibited his work across North America and in China and India. In 1983, he published the book A Certain Identity, mostly featuring his portraits of Canadian artists, and in 1989, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography published The Tata Era, a catalogue accompanying its retrospective of his career. The Royal Ontario Museum is among the world’s leading museums of natural history, and of world cultures. Indeed, in combining a universal museum of cultures with that of natural history, the ROM offers an unusual breadth of experience to visitors and scholars from around the world. We realize more acutely now that nature and humanity are intertwined, and the ROM offers many examples in its collections and programs of these fundamental relationships. Visit : http://www.rom.on.ca/ Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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