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Forbidden City to Stage First Photographic Exhibition

An international photographic exhibition will be held at the Imperial Palace throughout October this year to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Imperial Palace Museum, best known as the Forbidden City.

The theme of the exhibition, "A Dialogue between Civilizations", includes 300 works by 36 foreign and domestic photographers. Major participants include fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz; National Geographic photographer William Albert Allard; and war photographer James Nachtwey.

This is the first time the 500-year-old Forbidden City has opened its gates for an exhibition of modern photography.