"Picturing the Chinese: Early Western Photographs and Postcards of China” by Grace Lau on Thursday, 25th September, 7.00 – 9.00pm at the Photofusion Gallery, 17a Electric Lane, Brixtion, London, SW9 8LA . Telephone No. 020 7738 5774 Website: www.photofusion.org. Photofusion is delighted to host the launch of Grace Lau's book, published by Joint Publishing Hong Kong and distributed by Long River Press, USA. A new look at old photographs, the book shows historical events in China that for most readers have existed until now only in words. Documentary and landscape photographs, studio portraits and picture postcards are accompanied by an enthralling historical account which relates the new technology of vision, as it was then, to the imperialist penetration of China by the West. The result is a rich interplay of word and image that will inform and engage the general reader no less than the China specialist or the student of photography. Grace Lau will be present to sign books, which will be available to buy at a special discounted price." The Meridian Society is honored to host a joint event with Asia House by Grace Lau for the Development of Photography in China on Tuesday 9th December at 6.45pm.