These impressive color photos were taken by Austrian photographer Herbert Stachelberger when he traveled in China in September 1978. The cities include: Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Shanghai.
Beijing. City of bikers |
Beijing. Close ties |
Beijing. Distrustful boy |
Beijing. Emperor's Palace |
Beijing. Enjoying off-time |
Beijing. Family portrait |
Beijing. Leisure time on the lake |
Beijing. Off-time |
Beijing. Pedestrians and bicycle riders in the Forbidden City |
Beijing. Rearing offspring |
Beijing. Returning home from work |
Beijing. Rush hour |
Beijing. The general is watching |
Guangdong. Daily wash, Guangzhou |
Guangdong. Dreaming of a better future at a factory producing silhouettes, Foshan |
Guangdong. Means of transportation, Guangzhou |
Guangdong. Pottery in Foshan |
Guangdong. Pride of possession, Guangzhou |
Guangdong. Rainy day, Foshan |
Guangdong. Strong habits, Guangzhou |
Jiangsu. A woman in Zhongqiao |
Jiangsu. At a high school in Nanjing |
Jiangsu. Caught by surprise, Nanjing |
Jiangsu. Chinese family operating a small freight barge on the Emperors Channel, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Crossing the Yangtze, Nanjing |
Jiangsu. Daily cooking, Nanjing |
Jiangsu. Daily woes in Zhongqiao |
Jiangsu. Eating out, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Electronics lab, at a high school in Nanjing |
Jiangsu. Emperor Canal, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Extreme curiosity, Zhongqiao |
Jiangsu. Faces in the crowd, Zhongqiao |
Jiangsu. Fishing on Lake Tai |
Jiangsu. Going to work |
Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Off-time pleasure, Nanjing |
Jiangsu. Open air kitchen, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Physics lab, at a high school in Nanjing |
Jiangsu. Suspicious glance, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. The dawn of economic growth, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Total emancipation, Wuxi |
Jiangsu. Total emancipation, Zhongqiao |
Jiangsu. Ultimate cleanliness, Zhongqiao |
Shanghai. Livingroom outdoors |
Shanghai. Livingroom outdoors |
Shanghai. Quality check of silk worm cocoons prior to processing in a silk mill |