Kenneth Po Sein's other partner dances solo in the Po Sein garden

Kenneth Po Sein's other partner dances solo in the Po Sein garden

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Kenneth Po Sein's other partner dances solo in the Po Sein garden

Burmese dancers battle to preserve their own culture


August 1949
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in. (24.5 × 16.1 cm)
Gift of Dr. Mark Reichman, 2005
2005.0933.0003
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: 55
Inscribed in ink on verso, TR: 12 [circled]
Inscribed in ink on verso, TC: 241-20
Typed on applied label on verso, TC: Pix by Henri Cartier-Bresson of "Magnum". \ Burmese dancers battle to preserve their own culture. \ Kenneth Po Sein - Burma's leading traditional dancer is trying \ to prevent foreign influences( such as bebop) being copied \ by the youth of his country.
Typed on applied label on verso, TC: OPS.12.Kenneth Po Sein's other partner dances solo in the \ Po Sein garden. Note her hair is sleekly wound into \ little tower on her head - this is traditional way of \ dressing the hair of married women.
Stamped in ink on verso, BL: SEE \ 20 AUG1949 \ ILLUSTRATED
Stamped in ink on verso, BR: PROPERTY OF THE \ PERIODICALS ART LIBRARY, \ 191, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1. \ MUST BE RETURNED UNDAMAGED
Typed on applied label on verso, BC: FILE BURMA ENT DANCING.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BRC: HCB-B-60
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