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Show 4 PAPERMAKIN I INDO-CHIN unusual primitivesettingsin all parts of the Orient, I was nevertheless, unprepared for the ungodly conditions o the craft that existed in the Indo-China villages of YénThai and Lang-Buoi. It was necessary for me to becom adjusted to the turmoil, the jostling,and the nerve-rack ing noise before I could make even a few fragmentar notes and sketches, and photograph the various papermaking operations. Any work with the camera called fo perseverance and patience; the papermakers themselve were meagerly co-operative, but the hundreds of idler and mendicants with their constant clawing, begging and haranguing were anything but helpful. Many o my photographs were useless and it was necessar to procure a photographer from Hanoi who ha more control over the native crowds than I ha been able to command. I am also indebted t the Directenr des Affaires Economigues et Administrative du Général, Hanoi, Tonkin, fo further photographs of the papermakers Digital mage © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |