The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present

Name: The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present
Brand: Aperture
SKU: 9781597113755
Price: 54.39 EUR
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By (author): Gerry Badger Gu Zheng Raymond Lum Ruben Lundgren Stephanie H. Tung WassinkLundgren

Newly revised histories of photography as recorded via the photobook have added enormously to our understanding of the mediums culture, particularly in places that are often marginalized, such as Latin America and Africa. However, until now, only a handful of Chinese books have made it onto historians short lists. Yet China has a fascinating history of photobook publishing, and The Chinese Photobook reveals for the first time the richness and diversity of this heritage. This now available in a smaller size, more accessibly priced hardcover edition, volume is based on a collection compiled by Martin Parr and Beijing- and London-based Dutch photographer team WassinkLundgren. And while the collection was inspired initially by Parrs interest in propaganda books and in finding key works of socialist realist photography from the early days of the Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution era, the selection of books includes key volumes published as early as 1900, as well as contemporary volumes by emerging Chinese photographers. See more

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Weight: 2910g
Dimensions: 254 x 288mm
Publication Date: 08 Sep 2016
Publisher: Aperture
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781597113755

About Gerry BadgerGu ZhengRaymond LumRuben LundgrenStephanie H. TungWassinkLundgren

Martin Parr is a key figure in the world of photography recognized as a brilliant satirist of contemporary life. He has published over seventy photobooks of his photographs including The Non-Conformists (Aperture 2013) Black Country Stories (2014) and We Love Britain (2014). His work is also in the collections of museums worldwide including the J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art New York; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Tate Modern London. Parr is a member of Magnum Photos. WassinkLundgren is a collaboration between Dutch photographers Thijs groot Wassink (1981) and Ruben Lundgren (1983) who live and work respectively in London and Beijing. Their works have been exhibited in museums worldwide and they are the recipients of numerous awards including the China Academy Award in 2010 and the Prix du Livre at Les Rencontres dArles 2007 for their publication Empty Bottles. Their photography and film projects shift mundane often unnoticeable everyday occurrences into visually compelling and gently amusing observations of the world around us. WassinkLundgren is a collaboration between Dutch photographers Thijs groot Wassink (1981) and Ruben Lundgren (1983) who live and work respectively in London and Beijing. Their works have been exhibited in museums worldwide and they are the recipients of numerous awards including the China Academy Award in 2010 and the Prix du Livre at Les Rencontres dArles 2007 for their publication Empty Bottles. Their photography and film projects shift mundane often unnoticeable everyday occurrences into visually compelling and gently amusing observations of the world around us. Gu Zheng is a photographer critic historian curator and associate professor in the School of Journalism at Fudan University Shanghai. He also serves as vice-director of that universitys Research Center for Visual Culture. Stephanie H. Tung is a PhD candidate at Princeton University. Prior to her studies at Princeton she worked as a translator and junior curator for the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre Beijing. She is currently based in Shanghai as a Fulbright Scholar. Raymond Lum recently retired as librarian for the Western Languages Collection at Harvard- Yenching Library where he also served as Curator of Historic Photographs. He is currently the book review editor for the online scholarly journal Trans-Asia Photography Review. Gerry Badger is a critic architect curator and photographer. His published books include The Genius of Photography (2007); The Pleasures of Good Photographs (2010); and The Photobook: A History volumes IIII coauthored with Martin Parr.