Xiong Wenyun
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Floating Rainbow“) © Xiong Wenyun, 1999-2009 Starting the year off with some images by Chinese photographer, Xiong Wenyun. Better known for her Moving Rainbow series, she added dashes of color into typical Tibetan landscapes and trucks…
Xiao
TOP TO BOTTOM © Xiao Not much information on the photographer, Xiao, but he tells me that he was originally from Tian Jin, China. Spent a year in Japan halfway through his studies to “experience life” and he’s in the…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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!
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…
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…
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….
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…
Li Wei
Based in Beijing, China, Li Wei embarked on his project, The Earth. Born in Hohot, Inner Mongolia, the project was an opportunity for him to travel across his homeland and document the different facets of life there. TOP TO BOTTOM,…
Hong Hao
The amount of attention paid to details and effort behind the images by Chinese photographer Hong Hao is daunting. He spent years working on his project, Scriptures, where he rearranged maps based on different criteria. However, he is best known…
Yijun Liao/Pixy
Born in Shanghai, Yijun Liao obtained an MFA in Memphis and now resides in Brooklyn. Her latest series, Stills from Unseen Films, is a tribute to films that she has not seen. She pretends that the images are from real…
Muge
Muge from Chengdu, China has some amazing portraits of strangers taken in the streets in his series, Silent. Set against the background of rapidly growing China, most of the images possess a melancholic feel; individuals lost in their seas of…
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