Gamble visited China in the midst of its transition to a modern society. By contrasting old and new forms, his photographs represent the way people of the time adapted to the emergence of modern institutions, such as hospitals, prisons and schools. These transitions were also marked by new modes of transportation and infrastructure that changed the Chinese landscape and way of life.
变化中的中国
甘博在华期间,正是中国社会经历巨变的时期。他的镜头记录了各种老式的和新式的社会机构,如:新式的学校、西式医院、新旧监狱以及各种各样的传统的和新的交通方式,展现了一幅变化中的社会图景。
Camel & Gateway 骆驼和城门
Mull Litter 骡轿
Cart 驴车
Old Man & Donkey 脚驴
Rickshaws 人力车
Boat from Train 从火车上看到的船
Railroad Tunnel & Wall 火车隧道和城墙
48 Men Pulling Roller 四十八人拉辊
Water Cart 水车
Funeral, Ford and Man 随葬的纸扎福特车和人
Canal Boat 运河里的帆船
First Street Car 第一辆有轨电车
Incense Carrier 背香者
Carrying Piano 搬运钢琴
Loading Baggage 装行李
Wheel Barrow – Gaoliang Stalks 拉高粱秆的驴车
Chienmen, Clocks 前门上的钟表,1918年
Sprinkling the Street 用水泼街者
Toilet 路边公厕
Sprinkler wagon 泼水养路
Peking Women’s Hospital Operating Room 北京妇婴医院,手术室
Peking Women’s Hospital, Charity Ward 北京妇婴医院,慈善病房
Peking Women’s Hospital, Babies 北京妇婴医院,婴儿们
Language School, Tests 语言学校的考试
Language School, Tests 语言学校的考试
Blind School, Model Lecture Hall 盲人学校,模范讲堂
Half Day School, Model Lecture Hall 半日制学校,模范讲堂
YMCA Student Library 基督教青年会图书馆
Peking Higher Normal, Shops Engine & Pattern Making 北京高等师范 发动机和样品车间
American Board Girls’ School, Middle School Classroom 美国公理会办女子寄宿学校,中学教室
Babies in Foundlings Home 福利院的弃婴们
North China Union Women’s College Library 华北协和女子学院,图书馆
School for the Blind 盲人学校
Extension Prison Gate 京师分监大门
Soldier Prisoner 囚犯士兵
Prison, Making Matches 监狱,犯人做火柴
Prison Tailor Shop 监狱,犯人做衣服
Prison, Brick Yard 监狱砖厂
Prison, Weaving Cloth 监狱,织布
Prison, Prisoner at Gate 老式监狱 站在门边的囚犯
Men in Poorhouse 贫民救济院
Poor Boys Prison, Making Baskets 不良少年教养院,做篮子
Prison on Exercise Ground 老式监狱,犯人放风
Old Style Prison Interior 老式监狱内部
Experiment 做实验
Group on Stage 舞台上的演出