In 1943, William·, a photojournalist of LIFE magazine in the United States; William Vandvert came to China through the Soviet Union to take pictures of Chinese society during the War of Resistance against Japan, and Xinjiang was his first stop after arriving. Here he used his Lulaifu camera to record the local conditions and customs at that time. These images faithfully recorded the production and life style, natural landscape, human architecture, living customs, traffic geography and other aspects of various ethnic groups in Xinjiang during the Republic of China, leaving us extremely valuable visual archives
This group of photos will be released in succession. The photos in this group are mainly the characters he took at that time. Welcome to preview
喀什维吾尔族女孩
弹奏民族乐器的男子
儿童在操场边的街道旁覆盖着沟渠的木板上玩耍
父与子
喀什老人
蒙古族妇女
俏皮小女孩
新疆的俄罗斯族男子
驯鹰老人