Li Yuning came from the armed police, this special circumstance made it possible for him to photograph soldier's lives . It is our stereotype that young…
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Murong Slippers’ real name is Yu, not Murong. The pseudonym is a combination of a traditional surname and, well, slippers. It’s a sign that the person behind the name likes…
In the series of Landscape Wall, Ni Weihua had presented a stark social class divide in his images by contrasting sharply the the background of luxurious real estate advertissements in…
The first time I asked Ning Kai where he worked, he answered: “Well, for the government.” Born in 1987, Ning Kai did indeed work at a government agency in charge…
After looking at You Li’s photos of Kashkar, I concluded that the idea behind them was to see the country as something other than an administrative area, a conclusion which…
The Xishuangbanna Photography Festival was held this year on the far side of China, south of Yunnan, along the banks of the Mekong River. This year’s theme was rivers. I…
Every September to November is the Mekong Delta flood season. The city is full of water over the road, and the landscape become very unusual. Many markets on the water…
The jury only awarded a consolation prize to this work of reportage, but I had voted for it to win third prize. I like the sepia tones used to show…
The Mekong, the “Mother of Rivers” is a vast ecosystem stemming from the source river towards tributaries, streams, swamps, flood plains, and deltas. Much of this bionetwork functions as rearing…
The largest dam in the world, the Three Gorges Dam, with a 1.8 million watts power station generating electricity has been built. The discussions about the dam, no matter…