Zhang Xiao for Long Dai
The artist Zhang Xiao, originally from Shandong and whose hometown is only a few kilometers from Long Dai, came to interpret the area by looking for subtle “fragments”. His images captured with Polaroid leaves soaked in water, then scanned and transferred to paper follow a route comparable to that of winemaking; the grain and the […]
A World History of Women Photographers
“Since the invention of the camera, women photographers have been key innovators in the medium and members of all major photography movements. These are artists who never stopped documenting, questioning, and transforming the world, breaking down social boundaries, challenging gender roles, and expressing their imagination and sexuality.” – Thames & Hudson This sweeping collective survey […]
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival
Each Winter, Jimei x Arles shows 8 exhibitions coming from Rencontres d’Arles alongside 20 Chinese and Asian photography exhibitions. The festival also promotes Chinese talents on an international scale, with its Discovery Award, shown in Arles every year. It was created in 2015 by Sam Stourdzé, then director of Rencontres d’Arles, and Chinese photographer RongRong, founder […]
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival Catalogues
Lin Yan – LEMAIRE: Beijing Gateway
As LEMAIRE’s designer Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran explain, “Lin Yan’s work of paper feels confident and patient: the way she shapes paper to create texture and light seems infinite. In some way, her work echo the way we think about clothes: a light home as a shelter with multiple layers.” “Lin Yan – LEMAIRE […]
Feng Li: White Night in Paris
Since 2005, Feng Li constantly nourishes his single and unique series, “White Night”, inspired by the spectacle of everyday life in his hometown of Chengdu (south of China) and his daily wanderings through a booming Chinese society, which the photographer captures in its extravaganza and accidental poetry. Transposing a style honed by China’s reality to […]
