| 1908
1926 – 29
1929 – 31
1932 – 32
1932 – 33
1933 – 38 |
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Born Hedda Hammer
in Stuttgart, Germany
Attended Queen Katherine Convent,
Stuttgart
Studied at the State Institute
for Photography, Munich
Photographic assistant in the
studio of Adolf Lazi, Stuttgart
Photographic assistant for Olga
Linckelmann, Hamburg
Manager of Hartung’s Photoshop,
Beijing (Peking) |
Hedda Hammer made the following
journeys in China.
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1933
1934
1934 – 35
1935
1936
1937
1940
1942
1944 |
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Yungang Caves, Shanxi
Zhengding, Hebei
Chengde (Jehol), Hebei
Hua Shan, Shaanxi
The ‘lost tribe country’,
Hebei
Weihaiwei and Qingdao on the
Shandong coast
Baoding, Hebei
Qufu and Mount Tai, Shandong
Nanjing (Nanking), Jiangsu |
Hedda
Hammer married Alastair Morrison
at Beijing, in July 1946.
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1946 – 47
1947 – 48
1948
1949 – 50
1951 – 52
1953
1954 – 67
1960 – 66
1965
1967
1991 |
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Hong Kong
Sarikei, Lower Rejang, Sarawak
Binatang, Lower Rejang, Sarawak
Lawas District, Sarawak
Kanowit, Middle Rejang, Sarawak
Baram District, Sarawak
Kuching, Sarawak
Employed part-time by the Information
Office, Sarawak
Awarded Honorary Pegawa Bintang
Sarawak for services to Sarawak
Settled in Canberra, Australia
Died in Canberra, aged 82 |
Source: Roberts, Claire
(ed).
In Her View, The Photographs
of Hedda Morrison in China and
Sarawak 1933 – 67.
For book details see References.
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