The photograph captures a view from inside a payphone shop in Shanghai. A woman stands near the window, looking out towards the street through a glass partition covered with signs and advertisements. The interior figure and framed view of the street create a sense of separation between the private and public spaces. The image documents an ordinary urban setting during a period of rapid change in Shanghai, with the payphone shop reflecting the communication facilities and commercial landscape of the time.
Making a Phone call
Year of execution: 2008
Year of acquisition: 2024
Medium: Photographic prints
Dimension: 28.5 x 39 cm
Gift of the artist
Artist(s)
Tung Yue Nang 邓汝能
