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Historical Chinese Leaders Portraits

Black and white portraits of prominent Chinese leaders, emphasizing significant figures from mid-20th century political history.

Chairman Mao Zedong of China, a portrait from the 1950s.

South Korean stamp celebrating the visit of the King of Malaysia to meet President Park Chung Hee in South Korea

1/12/2010 Hotel Casa Fuster, Barcelona, Li Cunxin, bailarín y autor del libro autobiográfico, de reciente aparición en España, en el que se basa la película, presenta "El último bailarín de Mao".

1/12/2010 Hotel Casa Fuster, Barcelona, Li Cunxin, bailarín y autor del libro autobiográfico, de reciente aparición en España, en el que se basa la película, presenta "El último bailarín de Mao".

The Dalai Lama greeting the crowd as he leaves his hotel, Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Germany, Europe

Tokuma Nishioka at the Los Angeles premiere of FX's 'Shogun' held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, USA on February 13, 2024

Yancey Red Corn at the 96th Annual Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, USA on March 10, 2024

Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927), King of Thailand. He is also known as Rama IX, as he is the ninth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty. Having reigned since 9 June 1946 with his wife Queen Sirikit. 1996

President Barack Obama meets with President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam in the Oval Office on July 24, 2013.

A Pale View of Hills , Photocall in Cannes, 15.05.2025 Cannes, Frankreich - 15.5.2024: Y Yoshida während des Photocall zu A PALE VIEW OF HILLS während der 78. Internationalen Filmfestspiele von Cannes. Die Filmfestspiele finden vom 13. bis 24. Mai 2025 statt. Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Cong Provence-Alpes-Cote dÕAzur Frankreich *** A Pale View of Hills , Photocall in Cannes, 15 05 2025 Cannes, France 15 5 2024 Y Yoshida during the Photocall for A PALE VIEW OF HILLS during the 78 Cannes International Film Festival The film festival takes place from May 13 to 24, 2025 Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Cong Provence Alpes Cote dÕAzur France Copyright: xChristianxEnderx

Muammar Gaddafi (1942 - 20 October 2011); Libyan revolutionary and politician; ruler of Libya for 42 years. Taking power in a 1969 coup. Addressing the UN General Assembly 2009

1/12/2010 Hotel Casa Fuster, Barcelona, Li Cunxin, bailarín y autor del libro autobiográfico, de reciente aparición en España, en el que se basa la película, presenta "El último bailarín de Mao".

Madrid, 03/03/2016. Interview with South Korean ambassador Park Hee Kwon. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

Madrid, 03/14/2017. Interview with the Chinese artist Cai Guo Qiang who will exhibit at the Prado Museum. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Director Ang Lee attends the UK Premiere of LIFE OF PI on 03.12.2012 at Empire Leicester Square, London

Norodom Sihanouk (1922 - 2012) Cambodian statesman, who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout his long career, most often as both King of Cambodia and the Prime Minister of Cambodia.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Olaf Scholz (not pictured), German Chancellor, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva (born August 23, 1950) is the President of Kyrgyzstan. She was sworn in on July 3, 2010, after acting as interim leader following the 2010 April revolution which led to the ousting of then President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. She is a former foreign minister and head of the parliamentary caucus for the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan.

Sen Mars at the Los Angeles premiere of FX's 'Shogun' held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, USA on February 13, 2024

1/12/2010 Hotel Casa Fuster, Barcelona, Li Cunxin, bailarín y autor del libro autobiográfico, de reciente aparición en España, en el que se basa la película, presenta "El último bailarín de Mao".

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Olaf Scholz (not pictured), German Chancellor, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

1/12/2010 Hotel Casa Fuster, Barcelona, Li Cunxin, bailarín y autor del libro autobiográfico, de reciente aparición en España, en el que se basa la película, presenta "El último bailarín de Mao".

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Olaf Scholz (not pictured), German Chancellor, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Republic of the Philippines, pictured during a joint meeting in Berlin, 12 March 2024

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

Portrait of Ai Wei Wei, taken at his studio in Beijing.

Anatoly Karpov, 80's

Portrait of Man

Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927), King of Thailand. He is also known as Rama IX, as he is the ninth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty. Having reigned since 9 June 1946 with his wife Queen Sirikit. 1960

MASATOSHI NAGASE in AN (2015), directed by NAOMI KAWASE.

G7 summit 2015, arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Golden Book entry, Franz-Josef Strauss Airport Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Katherine Tynan, (Mrs, Hinkson) 1861-1931, Irish poet and writer, illustration from the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he addresses reporters during a news conference that followed their bilateral meeting on May 22, 2016, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

Shaobo Qin at the Los Angeles remiere of 'Ocean's Thirteen' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA, on June 5, 2006, Hollywood, CA, US, North America

Director Ang Lee attends the UK Premiere of LIFE OF PI on 03.12.2012 at Empire Leicester Square, London

South Korean translator Ki-Hyang Lee winner of the 20th Prize in the Translation Category at the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 21/03/2024, South Korean translator Ki-Hyang Lee winner of the 20th Prize in the Translation Category at the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 03/21/2024

Madrid, 01/23/2020. Interview with the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea, Park Yang-woo. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Ki Hyang Lee Award Winner Category Translation at 20 Price the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 21 03 2024 108912439

The spanish flamenco pianist Chano Domínguez.

SIDNEY LUMET.

United Nations, New York, USA, August 09 2017 - Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, a Cree Chief from Canada, addresses a Press Conference on the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire | usage worldwide

Ken Watanabe at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Godzilla: King Of The Monsters' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA on May 18, 2019., Hollywood, California, USA, North America

South Asian Indian Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, India, NO MR Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

Aung San Suu Kyi (born June 19 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, which won 59% of the vote and 394 of 492 seats. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 15 years until 2010. Suu Kyi was the recipient of the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India.

Ken Jeong at the World premiere of 'Wonder Park' held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood, USA on March 10, 2019

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

A Pale View of Hills , Photocall in Cannes, 15.05.2025 Cannes, Frankreich - 15.5.2024: Suzu Hirose während des Photocall zu A PALE VIEW OF HILLS während der 78. Internationalen Filmfestspiele von Cannes. Die Filmfestspiele finden vom 13. bis 24. Mai 2025 statt. Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Cong Provence-Alpes-Cote dÕAzur Frankreich *** A Pale View of Hills , Photocall in Cannes, 15 05 2025 Cannes, France 15 5 2024 Suzu Hirose during the Photocall for A PALE VIEW OF HILLS during the 78 Cannes International Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 13 to 24, 2025 Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Cong Provence Alpes Cote dÕAzur France Copyright: xChristianxEnderx

Jackie Chan at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, USA on September 16, 2017

PARK CHAN-WOOK. 2006.

LI GONG in I KNOW A WOMAN'S HEART (2011), directed by DAMING CHEN.

Barcelona, 09/06/2019. Interview with physicist Michio Kaku. Photo: Pep Dalmau. Archdc.

GENKI KAWAMURA in A HUNDRED FLOWERS (2022) -Original title: HYAKKA-, directed by GENKI KAWAMURA.

Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri, (born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as vice president from 1999 to 2001

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines, speaks to the media after a joint meeting with Olaf Scholz (not pictured), German Chancellor, in Berlin, 12 March 2024

Ang Lee at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Gemini Man' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA on October 6, 2019., Hollywood, California, USA, North America

Ken Jeong Ken Jeong at the World premiere of Wonder Park held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood, USA on March 10, 2019. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21772765

James Hong at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Kung Fu Panda 3' held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, USA on January 16, 2016

Yukito Kishiro at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Alita: Battle Angel' held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, USA on February 5, 2019., Westwood, California, USA, North America

Smokey Robinson at the Michael Jackson Hand And Footprint Ceremony held at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA on January 26, 2012

Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, in Berlin, 13 March 2024

Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand. Berlin, 13 March 2024

Barcelona, 02/06/2018. Interview with the Korean philosopher Byung Chul Han. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHDC.

Barcelona, 02/06/2018. Interview with the Korean philosopher Byung Chul Han. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHDC.

Muammar Gaddafi (1942 20 October 2011), Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.

South Korean translator Ki-Hyang Lee winner of the 20th Prize in the Translation Category at the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 21/03/2024, South Korean translator Ki-Hyang Lee winner of the 20th Prize in the Translation Category at the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 03/21/2024

12 / 10 / 2007; Sitges, Barcelona, Presentación de 'I am a cyborg but that's ok'. PARK CHAN-HOOK.

Anefo photo collection. Interview with the singer Anneke Grönloh. Singers, portraits, Grönloh, Anneke. August 2, 1979

Malaysia: Najib Razak, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia (2009 - ), official government portrait, 21 August 2008. Malaysian Government (CC BY-SA 3.0 License)

United States, State of Maryland, Camp David. South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak answers reporters questions after their meeting on April 19, 2008.

22/09/2022 Rome, Piazza del Popolo, closing of the centre-right electoral campaign for the 2022 policies. In the photo Silvio Berlusconi

Steven Chu, portrait, US physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Secretary of Energy in Barack Obama's cabinet, meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau and on Mainau Island, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Steven He at the Los Angeles premiere of FX's 'Shogun' held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, USA on February 13, 2024

Jackie Chan at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, USA on September 16, 2017

Madrid, 05/23/2023. Interview with Taiwan's ambassador to Spain, José María Liu. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

Ang Lee at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Gemini Man' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA on October 6, 2019., Hollywood, California, USA, North America

Benigno Aquino III (1960 - 2021), known as Noynoy Aquino. Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. Before being elected president, Aquino was a member of the House of Representatives and Senate from 1998 to 2010, and also served as a deputy speaker of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2006.

Zheenbek Kulubajev, Aussenminister von Kirgisistan, spricht zu den Medien in Berlin, 24.08.2023

Joko Widodo (born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite political or military background. He was previously the mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012 and the governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014. Before his political career, he was an industrialist and businessman

Bong Joon-Ho at the 92nd Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, USA on February 9, 2020

Qin Gang, Foreign Minister of China. Berlin, 09.05.2023, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Eijiro Ozaki at the Los Angeles premiere of FX's 'Shogun' held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, USA on February 13, 2024

TRAN ANH HUNG. 2008.

JOEL KIM BOOSTER in LOOT (2022), directed by ALAN YANG.

Qin Gang, Foreign Minister of China. Berlin, 09.05.2023, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Ken Jeong at the World premiere of 'Wonder Park' held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood, USA on March 10, 2019

Thaksin Shinawatra (born 26 July 1949) is a politician and businessman and was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was deposed in a military coup for allegedly abusing his power for personal gain.

Ken Jeong Ken Jeong at the World premiere of Wonder Park held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood, USA on March 10, 2019. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21772734

Ken Jeong Ken Jeong at the World premiere of Wonder Park held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood, USA on March 10, 2019. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21772801

HYUNG-SIK PARK in HWARANG (2016), directed by SUNG-SHIK YOON.

Ki Hyang Lee Award Winner Category Translation at 20 Price the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 21 03 2024 108912438

Madrid, 11/17/2022. Interview with Raphael. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

Ken Jeong Ken Jeong at the World premiere of Wonder Park held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood, USA on March 10, 2019. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21772829

Ang Lee and Michelle Yeoh at the 77th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, USA on February 8, 2025, Beverly Hills, California, USA, North America

Coloured photograph of a Chinese lady on the cover. From "L'Express" with headline "Special China opening", dated 17-12 December 1982.

South Korean translator Ki-Hyang Lee winner of the 20th Prize in the Translation Category at the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 21/03/2024, South Korean translator Ki-Hyang Lee winner of the 20th Prize in the Translation Category at the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 on 03/21/2024

Bong Joon Ho at the 35th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards held at the Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, USA on February 8, 2020

Jackie Chan at the Jackie Chan Hand and Foot Print Ceremony held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA on June 6, 2013

Jackie Chan at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, USA on September 16, 2017

U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke with Chen Guangcheng at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on May 1, 2012.

Masi Oka at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Spies In Disguise' held at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, USA on December 4, 2019

Qin Gang, Foreign Minister of China. Berlin, 09.05.2023, Berlin, Germany, Europe

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