The Chinese photobook
Subtitle: from the 1900s to the present = Zhongguo she ying shu ji
By: edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren ; texts by Gu Zheng, Raymond Lum, Ruben Lundgren, Stephanie H. Tung, and Gerry Badger
Contributors: WassinkLundgren (Photography partnership)
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Aperture
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781597113755
Subjects: Photobooks; Photography; Bibliography; Pictorial works; History
Other titles: Zhongguo she ying shu ji
Description: Newly revised histories of photography as recorded via the photobook have added enormously to our understanding of the mediums culture, particularly in places that are often marginalized, such as Latin America and Africa. However, until now, only a handful of Chinese books have made it onto historians' short lists. Yet China has a fascinating history of photobook publishing, and The Chinese Photobook reveals for the first time the richness and diversity of this heritage. Now available in a smaller size, this more accessibly priced hardcover edition is based on a collection compiled by Martin Parr and Beijing- and London-based Dutch photographer team WassinkLundgren. And while the collection was inspired initially by Parr's interest in propaganda books and in finding key works of socialist realist photography from the early days of the Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution era, the selection of books includes key volumes published as early as 1900, as well as contemporary volumes by emerging Chinese photographers.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: From empire to the People's Republic of China, 1900-1949; title: Manchuria and the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945; title: The image of a new China, 1945-1966; title: State publishing: the Cultural Revolution and beyond, 1966-present; title: The renaissance of Chinese photography, 1979-present; title: Hong Kong and Taiwan, 1949-present; title: Global perspectives on China, 1949-present; title: Map; title: An abridged timeline of the modern history of China; title: An abridged timeline of the modern history of Hong Kong; title: An abridged timeline of the modern history of Taiwan; title: Index; title: Biographies.