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Exhibition - Inge Morath and Arthur Miller: China 

Inge Morath 

In 1978, only two years after the end of the Cultural Revolution, photographer Inge Morath and her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, were invited to travel to China. They returned again in 1979 and 1983, fueled by Morath’s knowledge of Chinese language, poetry, and history, and Miller’s interest in the politics of the present moment. This exhibition captures two artists responding to a society in transition. The photographs, accompanied by excerpts from both her and Miller's journals, reflect Morath’s empathy for China's people and culture and her urgent desire to understand what Miller called... 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Beijing. 1978. Interior, Double Bridge Commune. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Nanniwan. 1978. Workshop, May 7th Cadre School. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. 1978. Soldiers on Yuan Dynasty sculpture of a Maitreya.... 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Beijing. 1978. Actor/director Jin SHAN and actress Zheng... 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Yanan. 1978. Chairman Mao’s last cave residence. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Beijing. 1978. 6:30 a.m., Chang An Avenue. 

Inge Morath 1979

CHINA. Beijing. Entrance to the former Imperial Palace, Beijing.... 

Inge Morath 1979

CHINA. Beijing. Wu shu training, Qinghua University, a special... 

Inge Morath 1979

CHINA. Beijing. 1978. Deng Ying Chao, widow of Premier Zhou En... 

Inge Morath 1979

CHINA. Beijing. 1979. The Chinese Beijing Opera School. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Beijing. 1978. Old style courtyard. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. 1978. In the Hangzhou Silk Weaving Mill.

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Yanan. 1978. Zhou Enlai’s telephone. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Guilin. 1978. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Meijiawu village. 1978. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. 1978. Inside the grotto overlooking the Li River at Guilin.... 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. Shanghai. 1978. Looking into the kitchen of a teahouse.... 

Inge Morath 1983

CHINA. Tai'an. 1983. Mount Tai. 

Inge Morath 1978

CHINA. 1978. Yu Yuan, built by an official of the Qing Dynasty.... 

Inge Morath 1983

CHINA. Datong. 1983. Hotel Lobby, Datong. 
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