Jo Ann Callis: Woman Twirling CAA24 Photography was introduced to China

Photography was introduced to China in the 1840s through the West's engagement in the Opium Wars and the subsequent reforms of Chinese statesmen

"Fascinating letters…enlightening introduction

captured in a dramatically complex moment from the famous story told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses

Stefano Zuffi is a Milanese art historian who has written over forty books on European art

2001) and editor of Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road (Getty Publications

Jo Ann Callis: Woman Twirling CAA24 Photography was introduced to ChinaJudith Keller An artist who has long exploited the emotional power of color and texture, Jo Ann Callis is widely known for her inventive photographs involving tactile objects and images of people in mysterious, often unsettling narratives. This work is the catalogue of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum from March 31 to August 9, 2009. The volume, comprising fifty five color and fifteen black and white works that range from 1974 to 2005,