Category Archives: China
Stephen JB Kelly
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© 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 ignored by [...]
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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 in [...]
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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
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© 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 Little Dead [...]
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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.
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© 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 case, becomes the [...]
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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 around women.
Alright that’s the round [...]
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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.
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© Aniu, 2000-2002
He has worked with several magazines and his images are [...]
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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.
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© Li Wei, 2008
It’s a curious place where modernity is mixed with traditional nomadic [...]
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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 for his series, My Things. In this series of work, he scanned thousands of objects [...]
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Lei Jianyou