- Humanized China – Individualized China
- Precisely because it was not some foreign eye behind the camera
Product Description
Humanism in China
A Contemporary Record of Photography
Themed “Humanized China – Individualized China”, the exhibition “Humanism in China” derives from the following three ideas. First, to record in detail the daily lives of ordinary Chinese in different periods of time; Second, to display the diversity of Chinese people’s lives from all walks of life; Third, to promote the humanistic spirit of contemporary Chinese candid photography.
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#1 by Thomas Carter on May 11, 2010 - 3:07 am
Humanism in China is the mother of all China photography books, a definitive 600 pages of documentary photography spanning over half a century. From the 1950’s Cultural Revolution through the new-millennium emergence of so-called “New China,” mesmerizing moments of life, death, love and rage captured on film by 250 different Chinese photojournalists.
At once startling and heart-breaking, unintentionally humorous and guilt-inducing, this pictorial expose is a long-overdue, bluntly honest portrayal of a mysterious culture that to this day continues to cloak itself in propaganda. All flattery aside, Humanism in China portrays contemporary P.R.C. more accurately and completely than arguably any scholarly or non-fiction works on China ever published.
This little treasure (3″x3″ cubed) was admittedly a source of inspiration for my own book of photography, though I dare not compare any of my humble images with the engaging photographs condensed in this volume. Truly a rare collectable; good luck finding a copy for sale outside of China.
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Tom Carter is the author of CHINA: Portrait of a People
Rating: 5 / 5