Description
Photograph, 'Rolleiflex advertisement with street food vendor', black and white, silver gelatin print, marked 'Rolleiflex', by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1957. The image is of a street vendor standing before a mobile cart laden with steaming soup, soup bowls and sesame seed buns. The male vendor is dressed in a Chinese robe and is leaning on the cart, facing the camera. The image is marked with the 'Rolleiflex' logo on the lower right, and was used as an advertisement for Rolleiflex cameras.

Significance statement
This is one of two photographs taken by Hedda Morrison that were used by the Kollei company to advertise Rolleiflex cameras. The compact German twin lens Rollei was Hedda's favourite camera. The chosen images are very good examples of Hedda's photography which recorded the life of Peking during the period 1933-1946. Street vendors selling sesame cakes, broth and candied rose hips were familiar sights day and night in the lanes of Peking. Gelatin silver photographs, Peking, 1933-46. The advertisements were produced following Hedda's visit to the Rollei factory in Germany in 1957.

History notes
Exhibited in 'In her view: the photographs of Hedda Morrison in China and Sarawak 1933-1967', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney 11 June - 10 October 1993.

Credit line
Gift of Mr Alastair Morrison, 1993

Registration number
93/179/1-1