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Lai Afong
A head-and-shoulders photograph of Lai Afong
Lai Afong. c. 1870
Born1838 or 1839[1]
Gaoming, China[1]
Died (aged 51)[1]
Hong Kong
Other names
  • Lai Ah Fong, Huafang
  • Fang Lai, Lihua Fang
  • Li Fang, A'Fong Lai
  • 賴阿芳, 賴華芳, 黎華芳, 華芳

Lai Afong (Chinese: 黎芳; c. 1838 or 1839 – 1890) was a Chinese photographer who established Afong Studio, considered to be the most successful photographic studio in the late Qing dynasty.[1] He is widely acknowledged as the most significant Chinese photographer of the nineteenth century.[2][1][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e Bennett, Terry (2013). History of Photography in China: Chinese Photographers 1844–1879. London: Bernard Quaritch. ISBN 978-0956301246. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ^ Hannavy, John (2013). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Routledge. p. 815. ISBN 978-1135873264. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Lai Fong (Afong Studio)". HCP Bristol. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

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