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Postcards from old Aden #16

December 29, 2014Aden, Animals, Folklore and Proverbs, Orientalism, Orientalist Images, Photographytabsir

There are many postcards on the Internet from old Aden under British control. Photographers in Aden were not immune to the Orientalist gaze on the curious and the bizarre.

to be continued… for #15, click here.

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