Warwick County News – Saturday, June 7, 1947

Solihull Photographic Exhibition
International Entries
Visitors to the Assembly Hall of Solihull Council House today and next week will experience something of a magic carpet atmosphere, for the second international exhibition staged by the Solihull Photographic Society has attracted a world wide and dazzling entry – prints from Russia and China viewing with many fascinating contributions from such diverse lands as Mexico, France, Spain, Norway, to say nothing of the usual large and vigorous entries from this country to the USA. In all, entries have been received from some 15 countries, and it may be said without fear of contradiction that the general level is indefinitely higher than that of last year’s delightful show.

The standard is so consistent that it is not at all easy to pick out the “winners”, but possibly the prints of Francis Wu of Hong Kong – with that delicacy and lightness of touch, which is the genius of China – deserves a special measure of praise. Mr. Wu’s “Old Butt Delicious” (150), “Early Morning” (80), and his glorious “Pagoda” (58) have the charm of the Chinese poetry.

White Pagoda By Francis Wu

PSA Journal – Volume 15, June 1949

International Exhibits
Francis Wu One-Man Show

The big news of the month, perhaps, is the arrival in this country of the 50 beautiful prints by Francis Wu, FPSA, FRPS, and Pictorial Division Representative of Hong Kong. This show was sent by Mr. Wu to Frances Robson, of Vina, California, one of his close friends in America. The pictures came unmounted, and Mrs. Robson writs that she kept hr two mounting presses hot, mounting the entire set. They were then displayed in a local department store and created quite a sensation. At this writing the prints are on the way to the Director of PSA International Exhibits and soon will be available. Pictorial Division councils and clubs are now arranging a schedule for exhibitions.

Foreign pictures are not to be compared with American prints until the spectator realizes that condition abroad is not comparable to our usual facilities and supplies here in the U.S.

Everyone should take advantage of an opportunity to see one of these foreign exhibits, and that should not be too difficult as the entire nine are now in circulation and on display in various parts of the country.

South China Morning Post – Hong Kong – June 14, 1954

H.K. Exhibits Predominate
Photographs At Show In Scotland

Photography, it would now seem, is the art of the Chinese.

There were 28 countries represented at the 38th Scottish Salon of Photography, which opened on June 5 in the Art Gallery, Kirkealdy, but Hong Kong left 37 of them standing, says the Scotsman.

In the first gallery, there were 24 Chinese prints compared with 18 from England, 17 from Scotland and 8 from the United States. In the second gallery, there were 17 from Hong Kong compared with 13 from England, 9 from Scotland and 8 from the United States.

At one time entries in the Scottish Salon were confined to Scotland, but at Paisley, in 1927, a collection of German and Austrian work was shown and it was decided to make all future salons international.

This year, 1146 prints were submitted in the pictorial section and less than 200 were hung.

Francis Wu’s “Two Princesses” from Hong Kong, was a velvet-smooth portrait of two Chinese girls reading.

Two Princesses By Francis Wu

Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Monday September 26, 1949

Library Is Exhibiting Photographs By Wu

Francis Wu, famous Chinese photographer, will have an exhibition of his work in the Library of Hawaii today through October 16.

He was born in Canton, China in a village called Buck To

When he was hour his mother brought him to Honolulu where he lived until 1931 when he returned to China to attend Lingnam University.

Mr. Wu now has a photography studio in Hong Kong. Under the military government, he was appointed official photographer for the government and was the only Hong Kong photographer present at the Japanese surrender ceremony, which took place in the governor’s house in Hong Kong.

He has won prizes in photography in Germany, England, India, Hungary and the United States.

Goddess Of Peace By Francis Wu