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In recent years, the history of photography has been marked by a major reassessment of the role and status of the photobook. This book is based on a collection of Chinese photobooks compiled by Martin Parr and the Dutch photography team Wassink Lundgren (comprising Thijs Groot Wassink and Ruben Lundgren), based in Beijing and London. And while the collection was initially inspired by Parr’s interest in propaganda books and in finding major works of socialist realist photography from the early days of the Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution, the selection of books also includes important volumes published as early as 1900, as well as contemporary works by emerging Chinese photographers. Each photobook offers a new visual perspective on China’s complex history from the 20th century onward. *The Chinese Photobook* also includes accompanying texts and descriptions of individual titles by Gu Zheng, Raymond Lum, Ruben Lundgren, Stephanie H. Tung, and Gerry Badger.
Published by Aperture, 2016
26 cm 29.5 cm, 448 pages, in good condition
ISBN
In recent years, the history of photography has been marked by a major reassessment of the role and status of the photobook. This book is based on a collection of Chinese photobooks compiled by Martin Parr and the Dutch photography team Wassink Lundgren (comprising Thijs Groot Wassink and Ruben Lundgren), based in Beijing and London. And while the collection was initially inspired by Parr’s interest in propaganda books and in finding major works of socialist realist photography from the early days of the Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution, the selection of books also includes important volumes published as early as 1900, as well as contemporary works by emerging Chinese photographers. Each photobook offers a new visual perspective on China’s complex history from the 20th century onward. *The Chinese Photobook* also includes accompanying texts and descriptions of individual titles by Gu Zheng, Raymond Lum, Ruben Lundgren, Stephanie H. Tung, and Gerry Badger.
Published by Aperture, 2016
26 cm 29.5 cm, 448 pages, in good condition
ISBN
