Inventing a “Chinese” Portrait Style in Early Photography: The Case of Milton Miller (active 1850s-1860s): Elvera Kwang Siam Lim Memorial Lecture

Who invented the so-called "Chinese portrait style" in photography after this new visual technology reached China in the mid-19th century? What did such an "invention" mean at this particular historical moment? This paper speculates on these and other questions by focusing on Milton Miller`s career as a transnational photographer and the creation of his China portraits.

Wu Hung, Art History, University of Chicago

Patricia Berger, History of Art, UC Berkeley

Inventing a “Chinese” Portrait Style in Early Photography: The Case of Milton Miller (active 1850s-1860s): Elvera Kwang Siam Lim Memorial Lecture

Who invented the so-called "Chinese portrait style" in photography after this new visual technology reached China in the mid-19th century? What did such an "invention" mean at this particular historical moment? This paper speculates on these and other questions by focusing on Milton Miller`s career as a transnational photographer and the creation of his China portraits.

Wu Hung, Art History, University of Chicago

Patricia Berger, History of Art, UC Berkeley