Text engl. - This book is the first extensive survey of early Chinese photographers, in any language, and contains more than 350 reproductions of original photographs – many of which are published here for the first time. Combining existing knowledge of the subject with a mass of new research material, this major work introduces and identifies the work of a number of forgotten Chinese masters. - An acclaimed international authority on the subject, Terry Bennett has been collecting for many years. This book, which completes his three-volume series on the photographic history of China , will prompt a re-evaluation and heightened appreciation of the work of a number of the early Chinese photographers.