The China sojourn (1933-1946)

Hedda Hammer (Morrison) arrived in Peking in 1933 and immediately became part of the 'family' of photographers and travellers who were drawn there to picture China for western audiences. From 1933-38 she managed Hartung's, a German owned commercial photographic studio with a well-established clientele of diplomats and resident foreigners. After her contract expired, Morrison continued to work as a freelance photographer selling prints to wealthy overseas visitors as souvenirs.

92/1414-313 Photograph, 'Spring fields on the outskirts of Peking', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-332 Photograph, 'View to the hills from the Ancestral Hall of the Exalted Brave and Loyal or Eunuch's Temple (Huguo Baozhong si)', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 93/179/1-2 Photograph, 'Rolleiflex advertisement with street vendor smoking a pipe', black and white, silver gelatin print, marked 'Rolleiflex', by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-201 Photograph, 'Man with a hand drum selling needles and sewing thread', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-231 Photograph, 'Selling persimmons', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.
92/1414-192 Photograph, 'Itinerant barber', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-293 Photograph, 'Repairing an antique scroll prior to remounting', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-46. 92/1414-211 Photograph, 'Rickshaws', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-198 Photograph, 'A corner of the Forbidden City wall and moat', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-222 Photograph, 'Furnace in a glass grape making workshop', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.
92/1414-251 Photograph, 'Female artist', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-330 Photograph, 'Detail of a mural at Fahai Temple', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-252 Photograph, 'Young girl', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-257 Photograph, 'Abbott', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-215 Photograph, 'Spinning silk', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.
92/1414-244 Photograph, 'Broom peddler', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-248 Photograph, 'Traditional musical instruments being played at a funeral', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-227 Photograph, 'View through a moon gate from Qionghua Island in Beihai towards the Bell and Drum Towers', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-263 Photograph, 'Flowering plum blossom at Zhongnan hai', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-206 Photograph, 'Checking the balance of Chinese scales', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.
92/1414-237 Photograph, 'Altar of the Daoist Temple Baiyun guan', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-196 Photograph, 'Man and children enjoying the winter sunshine', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-210 Photograph, 'Decorative street signs for a cake shop', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-226 Photograph, 'Stupa within the Yellow Temple', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-217 Photograph, 'Qianmen Boulevard and the memorial archway at Zhengyang Bridge after snowfall', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.