24 February 1972 · Colour photographic negative
President Richard Nixon looks at the view from the Great Wall of China
Byron Schumaker, White House Photo Office
Why it matters
The Great Wall photograph reintroduces a much older Western image of China at the moment of strategic opening. The Communist state has not vanished, but presidential travel makes it approachable through a monumental landscape already familiar as the sign of an ancient and enduring civilisation.
- Publication
- Nixon White House Photographic Office Collection
- Holding institution
- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
- Shelfmark
- WHPO-8548-12A
Schumaker, Byron. President Richard Nixon Looks at the View from the Great Wall of China, 24 February 1972. White House Photo Office, WHPO-8548-12A. Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
