Walter Bosshard & Robert Capa: The Race For China
Tsinghua University Art Museum
Beijing | China
Oct 29, 2019 - May 03, 2020
The 1930s were a crucial decade for China. The exhibition presents the work of two outstanding photojournalists who reported about China at war from different angles. The Swiss correspondent Walter Bosshard had lived and worked in China since 1931. Robert Capa, the most famous war photographer of his time, came to China in 1938 as a member of a film crew. Walter Bosshard and Robert Capa were friends, but also rivals regarding publications in Life. They covered similar stories and found themselves observing the same scenes of war. This gives us the unique chance to present a multi-layered narrative – about the history of China seen through Western eyes, about the question of truth in photojournalism, and about the power of photography in wartime.
The 1930s were a crucial decade for China. The exhibition presents the work of two outstanding photojournalists who reported about China at war from different angles. The Swiss correspondent Walter Bosshard had lived and worked in China since 1931. Robert Capa, the most famous war photographer of his time, came to China in 1938 as a member of a film crew. Walter Bosshard and Robert Capa were friends, but also rivals regarding publications in Life. They covered similar stories and found themselves observing the same scenes of war. This gives us the unique chance to present a multi-layered narrative – about the history of China seen through Western eyes, about the question of truth in photojournalism, and about the power of photography in wartime.
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Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday - Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tsinghua University Campus, Hai Dian District Beijing, China 100084
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