Over the past four years, Zhe Chen "has been documenting self-inflicted activities [...] while creating a series of projects focusing on body modification, human hair, identity confusion, post-traumatic stress disorder and memory."
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Over the past four years, Zhe Chen "has been documenting self-inflicted activities [...] while creating a series of projects focusing on body modification, human hair, identity confusion, post-traumatic stress disorder and memory."
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"Adou's portraits and landscapes do not seek to portray individuals or illustrate specific moments, but collectively represent a visual expression of his culture and, by extension, of the photographer himself." (source, where you can also find way more images)
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"Tian Taiquan's complex, constructed images use China's Cultural Revolution as a departure point to explore, and reflect on, 'the most severe setback and heaviest losses suffered by the party, the state and the people since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China'". (source) More images here, and there's a presentation of the work here.
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Chinese photographer Muge's website contains a ton of great photos. Access to his website can be a bit tricky, though: Sometimes, it loads very slowly (or not at all). So bring a bit of patience if it won't come up, or come back later - it's well worth the visit!
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There doesn't seem to be any information about the work on Zhang Xiao's website, but there are lots of great images. (via)]]>
Done in the style of classic Chinese paintings, Yao Lu's works actually employ photography. More samples here.]]>
"A great deal has changed in China since Mao's regime. During that time art served only as a means of depicting the glory of communism. [...] In this series I combine images with graphic text. The text follows the form used in Cultural Revolution-era propaganda posters: an image bordered with a slogan in bold text below it. The texts that I chose come from a variety of sources. Most are derived from contemporary advertising and signage as well as from Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. The images depict Chinese youth in front of various significant facades wearing T-shirts with phrases in what is often called "Chinglish" [...] Having divided my time equally in recent years between the East and the West, my own experience of my home country is often one of profound ambivalence. These photographs explore that ambivalence by exploiting the collision of my influences and in doing so, the series visually captures the economic and political conflicts in modern day Chinese culture, among them, the identity crisis facing Chinese youth." - O Zhang (for the explanation of the image above click here)]]>
