BORNEO.—This picture of Dyak girls filling their gourds with water after bathing in a river is one of 80 superb studies in “Pagan Innocence,” a volume in which the Chinese photographer, K. F. Wong, portrays the life and customs of the natives of Sarawak. In a foreword, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, who was British High Commissioner for South-east Asia and is the author of a captivating book about Borneo’s people, pays tribute to the skilful artistry with which Mr Wong catches the essential atmosphere of a pagan society—an atmosphere that is fading before social and political advance. “Pagan Innocence” is published by Jonathan Cape.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29366, 19 November 1960, Page 3
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103BORNEO.—This picture of Dyak girls filling their gourds with water after bathing in a river is one of 80 superb studies in “Pagan Innocence,” a volume in which the Chinese photographer, K. F. Wong, portrays the life and customs of the natives of Sarawak. In a foreword, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, who was British High Commissioner for South-east Asia and is the author of a captivating book about Borneo’s people, pays tribute to the skilful artistry with which Mr Wong catches the essential atmosphere of a pagan society—an atmosphere that is fading before social and political advance. “Pagan Innocence” is published by Jonathan Cape. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29366, 19 November 1960, Page 3
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