The Twenties in Colour - Far East: Expeditions to Empires

Series examining Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet project, in which he sent photographers around the world to document major events. Between 1914 and 1928, Kahn sent some of his most talented photographers to the Far East. In Cambodia, Vietnam and Japan, they produced a compelling photographic record of economic and cultural life, subsistence industries, and ceremonial practices, and produced a fascinating portrait of the life of a wealthy Maharajah in India during the British Raj.