The Passion of Former Days: Asia

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26 January, 2013

Young Love in Japan

Photographs of young couples in Japan, 1958, shot by photographer John Dominis for LIFE (though unpublished, as far as I can tell).

John Dominis, LIFE © Time Inc.

A couple looking at tree blossoms. Source

John Dominis, LIFE © Time Inc.

A coffee house date. Source

John Dominis, LIFE © Time Inc.

Strolling in Tokyo. Source

Nineteenth Century Views of India

By the 1850s, travel photographs were in. However, easy to operate hand cameras were still a couple decades in the future, as were photo postcards. Instead, photographers offered a variety of scenic views of popular places, to be purchased, taken home, and often put into albums. The new albumen paper, inexpensive and detailed, encouraged the business. Many of the tourist view photographers were highly skilled and produced beautiful pictures. One of the more famous is Samuel Bourne, a British photographer in India in the 1860s. Today, a series of his photographs.

From the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego.

Museum of Photographic Arts

The Burning Ghat, Benares, 1865. Source

Museum of Photographic Arts

Mausoleum, Agra, 1865. Source

Museum of Photographic Arts

Nynee Tal, 1867. Source

Rangoon, 1945

Photographs of Rangoon (now known as Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) in 1945, shortly after Allied troops defeated the Japanese for control of the country.

A view of a Buddhist temple [the Sule Pagoda]. Source

A woman praying at a Buddhist shrine. Source

Men carrying water from the public wells. Source

Rebellious Dating, Japan, 1946

Oh, those American soldiers. Whether it's a fling in 1944 London or a date in 1945 France, local girls and foreign soldiers sure get along. So well, in fact, that this set of photographs in LIFE accompanies an article laying out the 'do's and 'don'ts' of dating for American soldiers and Japanese girls in Japan, 1946.

Photographs by John Florea