Photography collections of and about China have become increasingly available on-line; the following are suggested resources where you can explore more about the history and development of photography in China.

Sidney D. Gamble Photographs — a digital collection housed at Duke University of early 20th Century images collected by the scholar, Sidney Gamble.

Thomas H. Hahn’s Docu-Images — an extensive collection of images related to China, including a link to A Bibliography of Photo-albums and Materials related to the History of Photography in China and Tibet before 1949.

Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China & Mongolia, 1921-1925 — Peabody Essex Museum’s 2004 exhibition that presents 39 rare and compelling images taken by the first Americans to reach the mountains and deserts of western China (Gansu) and Mongolia and the great, heretofore, unphotographed lamaseries of Eastern Tibet.

Red-Color News Soldier — Li Zhensheng’s on-line exhibit of photographs taken during the Cultural Revolution.

Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change at the Bates College Museum of Art.
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China — International Center for Photography and Asia Society’s 2004 exhibition that takes a comprehensive look at the innovative photo and video art produced since the mid-1990s in China.