Sammlung von 237 meist großformatiger Presephotographien... Lot n° 336

Asia Collection of 237 mostly large-format press photographs with photographs of social and political events from Asia, the Middle East and Cyprus. Silbegelatine prints. 1950s-1980s. Format usually approx. 15 x 20 cm. Tehran (demos (against Salman Rushdie, anti-America), Mc Donald's, shooting practice for women, recruits, funerals for Khomeini and mourners, Ali Chameini), Borudscherd (dead children), Beirut, India (after storm tide disaster, election campaign 1989), New Delhi (visit of Elizabeth II, Protests (Hindu against Sikhs, women against new laws, cholera vaccination and sacrifice etc.), V.P. Singh), Calcutta (protests increase railway tariffs), Djaipur, Bhopal (poison gas victims), Hardwar (cleaning in the Ganges), Iraq (Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, Khurmal), Cameroon (Wum), (Cyprus (Nicosia, Kyrenia, Ralmakli, Famagusta - destroyed graves, demo, bombs for Egypt, British), Cameroon (Wum), (Cyprus (Nicosia, Kyrenia, Ralmakli, Famagusta - destroyed graves, demo, bombs for Egypt), Djaipur, Bhopal (poison gas victims), Ganges), Bomb. Soldiers, murdered Greek, bomb damage), naval manoeuvres, Daniele Mitterand visits asylum seekers, Dubai, Persian Gulf (prisoners of war), Port-au-Prince, Germany (World Congress for Solidarity with Cyprus. - Verso tls. with photographer's stamp or copyright notice of Associated Press FFM, Klaus Rose, Jochen Moll, Keystone, Veit Mette Bielefeld. - Well maintained overall. Collection of 237 predominantly large sized press photographs of social and political happenings in Asia, the Near East and Cyprus from the 1950s to the 1980s. Gelatin silver prints. - Overall well preserved.