Zhang Xiao (photographer) - Wikipedia
WEBZhang Xiao (simplified Chinese: 张晓; traditional Chinese: 張曉, born 23 November 1981, in Yantai [1]) is a Chinese photographer who has published several series of photographs of China in flux.
Changing face of Shehuo festival - Harvard Gazette
WEBMay 8, 2023 · Photographer Zhang Xiao documented the Shehuo festival over a decade of modernization, creating a portrait of how traditional practices sustain themselves amid rapid change. The new bilingual photographic exhibition “Shehuo: Community Fire” is at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology.
Zhang Xiao | Peabody Museum - Harvard University
WEBAccording to curator Lisa Barbash, “With his photographic focus on objects—costumes and props—Zhang propels the anthropology museum’s traditional concern with material culture into a dynamic present, where the objects are re-invented, re-shaped and re-purposed to, as he says, ‘cater to modern society’.”.
Zhang Xiao - Blindspot Gallery
WEBBefore becoming a photography artist in 2009, he was a photojournalist for Chongqing Morning Post. Zhang’s works between 2006 and 2013 often reveal his unique understanding of today’s China and a sense of surrealism that precisely capture the absurdity in the country due to rampant economic changes.
A photographer’s fantastical portrait of rural China during Lunar …
WEBFeb 10, 2024 · In documenting northern China’s Shehuo festival, Zhang Xiao shines a light on disappearing rural traditions and the threat e-commerce poses to traditional crafts.
Zhang Xiao: Coastline - Blindspot Gallery
WEBZhang Xiao: Coastline. “Coastline” features emerging Chinese photographer Zhang Xiao’s award-winning series Coastline that focuses on the continuous 18,000 kilometres of China’s coastline.
Shehuo: Zhang Xiao’s Photography of Rural China
WEBMay 11, 2023 · Contemporary photographer Zhang Xiao explores the impact of rapid economic change and urbanization on Chinese rural landscapes and traditions. In this conversation with artist and scholar Ou Ning, Zhang will share his aesthetic approach to documenting Shehuo (社火, Community Fire), a cultural festival held in Northern China that commemorates ...
Zhang Xiao's Photos of Chinese Coastlines - TIME
WEBFeb 10, 2012 · Zhang Xiao is a freelance photographer based in Shandong Province, China. He is represented by Troika Editions and you can see more of his work here. Coastline No.3, Maoming City, Guangdong...
Zhang Xiao, About My Hometown - Invisible Photographer Asia …
WEBJan 18, 2016 · The emerging photographer is well known for his ability to catch people and object at the wrong state, producing surreal imagery. In ‘They’, Zhang showed secular Chongqing citizens at a moment of euphoric leisure.
Zhang Xiao : Community Fire - The Eye of Photography Magazine
WEBAug 1, 2023 · In his project Community Fire, the photographer Zhang Xiao takes a local, hometown look at Shehuo (社火), a Chinese Spring Festival tradition celebrated in rural northern Chinese communities, including temple fairs, dragon dances, and storytelling.
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