Cai Weidong’s works are infused with traditional and modern influences. In Landscapes and Substances, black and white photographs are heavily manipulated to mimic Chinese scroll paintings.
TOP AND BOTTOM, Details 2 and 5, Landscapes and Substances, 2000 - 2004
© Cai Weidong
He moved on to using mirrors in his photos, which I found to be a tad unsettling.
Mirrors, 2005
© Cai Weidong
He also staged fictional historical events in his latest work.
Eight Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month, 2008
© Cai Weidong
See the rest of Landscapes here. Other works can be seen here. He doesn’t have an online portfolio but his blog (in Chinese) contains some random snippets of images and words.
