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Sun Mingjing
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Description
- Sun Mingjing
- ZIGONG SERIES: SALT FACTORY WORKERS NO.2
- Digital print
Executed in 1938, printed in 2012, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist's family.
In 1938, to document wartime southwest China, Sun Mingjing traveled to Ziliujing and Gongjing in Sichuan with his cameras. He reported his findings in film, photography, and text, and also produced previous historical photographs of local customs along the Ancient Tea Route in Sichuan and Tibet.
Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No. 2
Taken in April, 1938, Salt Factory Workers records the working conditions of salt miners in Zigong. Turning the waterwheels was such exhaustive labour that they sweated profusely even in the coldest winter. Therefore they generally worked without clothing, and because sweat often entered their eyes, they kept sweat-cloths at hand to brush it away. When strangers arrived, they would use them to cover their private parts.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist's family.
In 1938, to document wartime southwest China, Sun Mingjing traveled to Ziliujing and Gongjing in Sichuan with his cameras. He reported his findings in film, photography, and text, and also produced previous historical photographs of local customs along the Ancient Tea Route in Sichuan and Tibet.
Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No. 2
Taken in April, 1938, Salt Factory Workers records the working conditions of salt miners in Zigong. Turning the waterwheels was such exhaustive labour that they sweated profusely even in the coldest winter. Therefore they generally worked without clothing, and because sweat often entered their eyes, they kept sweat-cloths at hand to brush it away. When strangers arrived, they would use them to cover their private parts.
Provenance
Private Asian collection
Exhibited
Beijing, SDX Joint Publishing Compnay & ShanDong Pictorial Publshing House, Sun Mingjing Photography Exhibitions: A Social Survey during Mingguo Period, February 2 - 15, 2004
Beijing, Sun Mingjing 1938 Zigong Photography Exhibition, Popular Photography, October 12 - 21, 2006
Beijing, Sun Mingjing 1938 Zigong Photography Exhibition, Popular Photography, October 12 - 21, 2006