Chronology:

1908 Born in Stuttgart, Germany
1926-29 Attended Queen Katherine Convent, Stuttgart
1929-31 Studies at the Bavarian State Institute for Photography, Munich
1931-32 Photographic assistant in the studio of Adolph Lazi, Stuttgart
1932-33 Photographic assistant for Olga Linkelmann, Hamburg
1933-38 Manager of Hartung's Photoshop, Peking
1933 Visited the Yungang Caves, Shansi
1934 Visited Zhengding, Hebei
1934-35 Visited Chengde (Jehol), Hebei
1935 Visited Hua Shan, Shaanxi
1936 Visited the 'Lost Tribe' country, Hebei
1937 Visited Weihaiwei and Qingdao on the Shandong coast
1940 Visited Baoding, Hebei
1942 Visited Qufu and Mount Tai, Shandong
1944 Visited Nanjing (Nanking), Jiangsu
1946 Married Alastair Morrison
1946-47 Lived for six months in Hong Kong
1947-48 Lived in Sarikei, Lower Regang, Sarawak
1949-50 Lived in Lawas district, Sarawak
1951-52 Lived in Kanowit, Middle Rejang, Sarawak
1953 Lived in Baram district, Sarawak
1954-67 Lived in Kuching, Sarawak
1960-66 Employed part-time by the Information Office of the Sarawak government
1965 Awarded Honourary Pegawai Bintang Sarawak for services to the state of Sarawak
1967 Settled in Canberra, Australia
1991 Died in Canberra, aged 82

 

92/1414-219 Photograph, 'Roadside fortune teller', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-254 Photograph, 'Daoist monk from Baiyunguan Temple', 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. 92/1414-243 Photograph, 'Street puppet theatre', 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.
92/1414-331 Photograph, 'Kings' tombs on the outskirts of Peking', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-328 Photograph, 'Young boy wearing a Mongolian hat', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-208 Photograph, 'Young acrobat at Tianqiao market', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-290 Photograph, 'Old man at a Chinese New Year stall, Liulichang', 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.
92/1414-227 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. 92/1414-264 Photograph, 'Looking north from Taihe Gate towards Taihe Hall inside the Forbidden City', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-228 Photograph, 'Burning incense to the city god at the Chenghuang Temple', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-281 Photograph, 'Cloisonné enamel workshop', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-241 Photograph, 'Bringing home good fortune', 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. 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. 92/1414-227 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. 92/1414-310 Photograph, 'Playing Chinese chess', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-292 Photograph, 'Antiquarian bookshop', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.
92/1414-199 Photograph, 'Wood worker', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-205 Photograph, 'Looking south from Coal Hill over the Forbidden City', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-250 Photograph, 'Young boy', 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. 92/1414-315 Photograph, 'Camel train transporting coal from Mentougou in the Western Hills', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.