Category Archives: China
Passing China
TOP, Three Elderly Entertainers, Beijing © Liu Zheng, 1995 Talk about East meeting West. Sanatorium, a gallery in Turkey, is showing an exhibition on Chinese contemporary photographers, Passing China, from March 25 to April 24. This is in collaboration with Eli Klein Gallery from New York. A look at the list of artists reveal some [...]
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Lei Jianyou
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“??/Looking Afar“) © Lei Jianyou Lei is a young photographer from Zhejiang, China. A self-taught photographer with a short history behind him, his works carry a certain heaviness. He infuses elements of melancholy romanticism in his pictures of abandoned objects, often resulting in works that are both beautiful and painful to [...]
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Stephen JB Kelly
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Qi Lihe“) © Stephen Kelly, 2009 Stephen JB Kelly documented the lives of ethnic Muslim minorities living in Lanzhou, a city in China’s north west. The government’s treatment of the Uighurs have dominated the news in recent months. Stephen’s series comes at a right time, shedding light onto a world previously [...]
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Chengdu Contemporary Photography
© Liu Ke © Chen Chunlin Eight Chinese photographers are having an exhibition from Nov 19 to Dec 31 at the interesting-looking Redstar 35 building in Chengdu. The participating photographers are: Adou, Chen Chunlin, Feng Li, Li Jun, Luo Dan, Liu Ke, Muge and Yang Yi. The group’s images focus on a slice of life [...]
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Chinese Photographers Wanted
The Tao Gallery in Hong Kong is looking for new/young Chinese photographers working primarily in black and white along contemporary themes. Interested parties can send a pdf portfolio to Scott Minick via email. Good luck to everyone who’s applying!
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Madi Ju
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Dali Island“) © Madi Ju Madi Ju is a freelance photographer based in Beijing. Her images are steeped in the style of the snapshot aesthetic; loosely framed, usually shot on a compact camera and often an extension of the photographer’s life. She was once the other half of online photo-phenomenon My [...]
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m97 Gallery: 3 Solo Exhibitions
Shanghai’s m97 Gallery will be showcasing the works of three Chinese photographers from Sep 11 to Oct 25, 2009. TOP, from (“Impermanent Instant“) © Li Jun, 2008 Li Jun’s Impermanent Instant draws inspiration from Buddhism’s concept of impermanence, where all existence is in constant flux and time itself, an eternally changing instance. Dust, in this [...]
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Around the Blogosphere
Mrs Deane has been unearthing Japanese photographers on their blog. © Yamamoto Masao Yamamoto Masao has some of the most poetic images I have seen in a while. © Hiromi Tsuchida Hiromi Tsuchida’s Festival series contains some very interesting characters. © Luo Yang Feature Shoot ehrm, featured Chinese photographer Luo Yang, whose work revolves mainly [...]
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Aniu
Aniu views the world with a unique vision. He depicts the world and the modern Chinese society in a strange fantastical manner. Living and working in Shenzhen, he tries to capture the hidden reality permeating beneath the city. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Times of Fantasy“) © Aniu, 2000-2002 He has worked with several magazines and [...]
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