Capturing humanity at its finest

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Intl photographers explore Jining's culture, industry

A group of 25 world-renowned photographers of the International Federation of Photographic Art coming from countries including China, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain, recently embarked on a photographic journey in Jining, Shandong province. Photographers have a unique opportunity to engage in shadow puppetry to gain a deeper understanding of China's intangible cultural heritage. Photographers take shots of heavy …

China Port Photographers Jining

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Global lens on Shandong: A photographic journey

China Daily

The Opportunity China Vitality Shandong International Photo Festival – 100 International Photography Masters Visiting the Land of Qilu is officially launched with a grand ceremony in Jinan, Shandong province on Dec 4. The Opportunity China Vitality Shandong International Photo Festival – 100 International Photography Masters Visiting the Land of Qilu started on Dec 3 in Jinan, Shandong province. Over 20 …

International Jinan Shandong Province Photographers

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Global lens on Shandong: A photographic journey

China Daily

The Opportunity China Vitality Shandong International Photo Festival – 100 International Photography Masters Visiting the Land of Qilu is officially launched with a grand ceremony in Jinan, Shandong province on Dec 4. The Opportunity China Vitality Shandong International Photo Festival – 100 International Photography Masters Visiting the Land of Qilu started on Dec 3 in Jinan, Shandong province. Over 20 …

International Shandong Jinan Shandong Province Photographers

3 weeks ago

Global lens on Shandong: A photographic journey

China Daily

The Opportunity China Vitality Shandong International Photo Festival – 100 International Photography Masters Visiting the Land of Qilu is officially launched with a grand ceremony in Jinan, Shandong province on Dec 4. The Opportunity China Vitality Shandong International Photo Festival – 100 International Photography Masters Visiting the Land of Qilu started on Dec 3 in Jinan, Shandong province. Over 20 …

International Shandong Jinan Shandong Province Photographers

4 weeks, 1 day ago

A home where love and care are paramount

China Daily

The elderly care service center in Shangxi town, Yiwu city, Zhejiang province, pairs up with 102 children in difficult situations to provide companionship and support.On weekends, these children participate in interest group activities together with the elderly. Last month, two days before the Double Ninth Festival, a traditional Chinese occasion honoring senior citizens on the ninth day of the ninth …

Elderly Care Works Zhejiang

1 month, 1 week ago

Harbin artist's first solo exhibition opens in capital

China Daily

The photography exhibition No 21, Fengjing Street by artist Teng Xiaohong opens on Saturday in Beijing. A photography exhibition, No 21, Fengjing Street by artist Teng Xiaohong, opened on Saturday in Beijing, presenting 91 pieces shot on film, digital, and mobile formats. The title, No 21, Fengjing Street, refers to Teng's childhood home on Taiyang Island in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, …

Exhibition Harbin Teng Fengjing Street

1 month, 1 week ago

Harbin artist's first solo exhibition opens in capital

China Daily

The photography exhibition No 21, Fengjing Street by artist Teng Xiaohong opens on Saturday in Beijing. A photography exhibition, No 21, Fengjing Street by artist Teng Xiaohong, opened on Saturday in Beijing, presenting 91 pieces shot on film, digital, and mobile formats. The title, No 21, Fengjing Street, refers to Teng's childhood home on Taiyang Island in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, …

Exhibition Harbin Teng Fengjing Street

1 month, 2 weeks ago

16th Wang Ziyun Art Award ceremony dazzles Xi'an with artistic excellence

China Daily

The Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts hosted the 16th "Wang Ziyun Art Award" and the 16th Sino-Korea International Sculpture Exhibition on Friday. The 16th Wang Ziyun Art Award and the 16th Sino-Korea International Sculpture Exhibition are held on Friday. The Wang Ziyun Art Award serves as a launchpad for budding sculpture artists nationwide, fostering a new generation of professionals adept …

Art Chinese Wang Fine Arts Award Sculpture Ziyun

2 months, 3 weeks ago

An American guide for a Chinese museum

China Daily

Emma Chen talks about the stories behind the ring-footed black pottery jar with 12 symbols to visitors in the Liangzhu Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in May. "There are many different explanations, but they were probably depicting specific scenes or events, inscribing on a pot what had happened earlier that day, the way people these days post moments on WeChat," …

Volunteer China Museum Chinese Chen Zhejiang Hangzhou

2 months, 3 weeks ago

An American guide for a Chinese museum

China Daily

Emma Chen talks about the stories behind the ring-footed black pottery jar with 12 symbols to visitors in the Liangzhu Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in May. "There are many different explanations, but they were probably depicting specific scenes or events, inscribing on a pot what had happened earlier that day, the way people these days post moments on WeChat," …

Volunteer China Museum Chinese Chen Zhejiang Hangzhou

3 months ago

Guizhou is picture-perfect for visitors

China Daily

Through text prompts, artificial intelligence turns an artist's ideas into stunning illustrations of three landmarks in Guizhou province — Jiaxiu Pavilion in Guiyang, Baling River Bridge in Anshun and Wolong Pool in Libo county, Qiannan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture. Using visual art as a mirror to reflect the charming culture in Southwest China's Guizhou province, 31 photographers, illustrators, designers …

Guizhou

3 months ago

Staging Africa through its own lens in Shanghai

China Daily

Marvelous Realism, a group exhibition of contemporary African photography is on view at Fotografiska in Shanghai until Dec 1, 2024. The show, co-presented by Fotografiska and the London-based KT Wong Foundation, was founded on an awareness of how the rich, diverse contemporary art and cultural scenes in Africa have yet to be discovered to the Chinese public. But I have …

China Africa Chinese

3 months, 1 week ago

Adventurous woman creates career behind camera

China Daily

Tibetan children stand in front of a yak tent on the Jiatang Grassland in the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. Qiubi finds her niche snapping shots of rural lives, polar excursions, starry nights Adorning the walls of airport rail links and subway lines in Beijing are thousands of captivating photos. Birth of a shutterbug Born in 1987 in …

Beijing Qiubi Friends Children

3 months, 1 week ago

Adventurous woman creates career behind camera

China Daily

Tibetan children stand in front of a yak tent on the Jiatang Grassland in the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. Qiubi finds her niche snapping shots of rural lives, polar excursions, starry nights Adorning the walls of airport rail links and subway lines in Beijing are thousands of captivating photos. Birth of a shutterbug Born in 1987 in …

Beijing Qiubi

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Davies on presenting Asia's largest African photography show in Shanghai

China Daily

Marvelous Realism, the first and largest exhibition of African photography in Asia, opened on Aug 30 at Fotografiska in Shanghai. Co-presented by Fotografiska and the KT Wong Foundation, the exhibition, curated by Ghanaian-British writer Ekow Eshun, brings together 16 established and emerging artists using photography and film as a means to envisage contemporary African cultural identity as a state of …

China Africa Shanghai Fotografiska

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Picturing past perfection

China Daily

Four portraits of court ladies from the early Qing Dynasty are among 83 figure paintings on women throughout Chinese history on exhibition in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Exhibition of paintings of court women reveals changing attitudes toward gender and development, Wang Kaihao reports. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty period, Cai Wenji, a talented poet and musician, was captured …

Women

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Picturing past perfection

China Daily

Four portraits of court ladies from the early Qing Dynasty are among 83 figure paintings on women throughout Chinese history on exhibition in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Exhibition of paintings of court women reveals changing attitudes toward gender and development, Wang Kaihao reports. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty period, Cai Wenji, a talented poet and musician, was captured …

Women

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Picturing past perfection

China Daily

Four portraits of court ladies from the early Qing Dynasty are among 83 figure paintings on women throughout Chinese history on exhibition in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Exhibition of paintings of court women reveals changing attitudes toward gender and development, Wang Kaihao reports. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty period, Cai Wenji, a talented poet and musician, was captured …

Women

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sino-South Korea photography exhibition opens in Weihai

China Daily

The Sino-South Korea photography exhibition celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea opened in Weihai, Shandong province on Aug 31. This event represents a deepening of exchanges between Chinese and South Korean photographers in the fields of nature and environment, reflecting the shared commitment of both peoples to sustainable development alongside economic …

Photography South Korea South Korea Weihai

4 months ago

World Photography Day︱‘Clicks of Change’ shine spotlight on child rights issues in Lucknow

Hindustan Times

The 8th National Photography Exhibition organised by the Youth Photojournalist Association and UNICEF at Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Center Aliganj brought the focus back on the child right issues prevailing across the globe. Photo Exhibition in Lucknow From a large collection of photographs representing two themes, 75 best ones highlighting child rights issues— Healthy Environment for Healthy Children and Positive …

Exhibition Lucknow Child Unicef

4 months, 1 week ago

Qijiang farmers' journey into creative fields

China Daily

Intricate patterns created by Li Chengzhi are exhibited at her studio.DENG RUI/CHINA DAILY Located at the southern gateway of the southwestern municipality, Qijiang has a rich cultural heritage and is a multi-ethnic-populated area of over 9,600 residents from 42 Chinese ethnic groups — nearly 6,000 of whom are from the Miao and Yi ethnic groups, according to local authorities. Distinctive …

Art Printmaking Qijiang Farmers Journey

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Framing futures: one photographer's journey of hope

China Daily

Liu Ailun folds paper with children at Hands of Hope in Vientiane, Laos, on Sept 5, 2021. One day in September 2020, Liu Ailun met two little girls in Laos. In October 2020, Liu initiated a long-term public welfare project called Hope Vision under his own photography brand — "Hope" is also his daughter's name. They also spend half the …

Laos Liu Project Called

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Framing futures: one photographer's journey of hope

China Daily

Liu Ailun folds paper with children at Hands of Hope in Vientiane, Laos, on Sept 5, 2021. One day in September 2020, Liu Ailun met two little girls in Laos. In October 2020, Liu initiated a long-term public welfare project called Hope Vision under his own photography brand — "Hope" is also his daughter's name. They also spend half the …

Laos Liu

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Photography exhibition capturing Fenglin's beauty

China Daily

A photography exhibition highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, is now on at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. A photography exhibition debuted on Tuesday at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province. Featuring 131 photos, the exhibition captures the natural beauty and unique phenomena of the …

Fenglin Exhibition Capturing Photography Exhibition

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Photography exhibition capturing Fenglin's beauty

China Daily

A photography exhibition highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, is now on at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. A photography exhibition debuted on Tuesday at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province. Featuring 131 photos, the exhibition captures the natural beauty and unique phenomena of the …

Fenglin Exhibition Capturing Photography Exhibition

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Photography exhibition capturing Fenglin's beauty

China Daily

A photography exhibition highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, is now on at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. A photography exhibition debuted on Tuesday at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province. Featuring 131 photos, the exhibition captures the natural beauty and unique phenomena of the …

Fenglin Photography Exhibition

6 months ago

Yantai, Kunsan strengthen bonds through lens

China Daily

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Yantai, China and Kunsan, South Korea. To commemorate this milestone, the 25th China-South Korea Photography Exchange Exhibition was recently held in Kunsan. In recent years, photographers from Yantai have been exploring Kunsan, capturing a plethora of splendid moments amidst the city's scenic beauty and vibrant streets. Young women in traditional …

China South Korea South Korea Yantai Kunsan

6 months ago

Yantai, Kunsan strengthen bonds through lens

China Daily

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Yantai, China and Kunsan, South Korea. To commemorate this milestone, the 25th China-South Korea Photography Exchange Exhibition was recently held in Kunsan. In recent years, photographers from Yantai have been exploring Kunsan, capturing a plethora of splendid moments amidst the city's scenic beauty and vibrant streets. Young women in traditional …

China South Korea South Korea Yantai Kunsan

6 months, 1 week ago

Reality show wraps up with touching family bonds

China Daily

A scene from It's A Daughter, It's Mom. The featured pairs included actress Wang Luodan and her mother Xie Hongwu, Taiwan actress Fu Juan along with her three daughters Ouyang Nini, Ouyang Nana, and Ouyang Didi, actress Tao Xinran and her mother Tao Yuedi, and pop idol Zhao Xiaotang with her mother Yue Caijing. Tao Xinran and her mother, Tao …

Mother Daughter Her Daughter Her Mother Tao Yuedi Tao Xinran

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Enduring role of 'treasuring the past' hailed

China Daily

Liu Huiyan, head of the publicity department of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, and Qu Yingpu, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, pose for photos with speakers after presenting them keepsakes during the Vision China event in Jinzhou, Liaoning province, on Sunday. The enduring legacies of ancient civilizations resonate with those seeking inspiration for the modern world, and Northeast China's …

China Liaoning

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Enduring role of 'treasuring the past' hailed

China Daily

Party Secretary of Jinzhou Liu Kewu gives a speech during the event. Party Secretary of Jinzhou Liu Kewu said the Vision China event was, for Jinzhou, a cultural feast that enhanced mutual learning and exchanges, a precious chance to promote the city, and an opportunity to provide strong support for revitalization and development. On his inspection to Jinzhou in August …

Jinzhou Liu Kewu

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Enduring role of 'treasuring the past' hailed

China Daily

Liu Huiyan, head of the publicity department of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, and Qu Yingpu, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, pose for photos with speakers after presenting them keepsakes during the Vision China event in Jinzhou, Liaoning province, on Sunday. The enduring legacies of ancient civilizations resonate with those seeking inspiration for the modern world, and Northeast China's …

China Liaoning

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Enduring role of 'treasuring the past' hailed

China Daily

Liu Huiyan, head of the publicity department of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, and Qu Yingpu, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, pose for photos with speakers after presenting them keepsakes during the Vision China event in Jinzhou, Liaoning province, on Sunday. The enduring legacies of ancient civilizations resonate with those seeking inspiration for the modern world, and Northeast China's …

China Liaoning

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Enduring role of 'treasuring the past' hailed

China Daily

Liu Huiyan, head of the publicity department of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, and Qu Yingpu, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, pose for photos with speakers after presenting them keepsakes during the Vision China event in Jinzhou, Liaoning province, on Sunday. The enduring legacies of ancient civilizations resonate with those seeking inspiration for the modern world, and Northeast China's …

China Liaoning

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

Her Father Dunhuang Chang Shana Father Protecting

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

Her Father Chang Shana Dunhuang Art

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

Her Father Dunhuang Chang Shana Father Chang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including Nine-Color Deer. CHINA DAILY She designed silk scarves featuring zaojing patterns from Dunhuang and white doves, which were chosen as gifts to international delegations attending a conference in Beijing in 1952. Decades afterward, she incorporated Dunhuang art into her designs at several landmark …

Beijing Dunhuang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including Deity and Incense Burner. The journey began when Chang Shuhong decided to leave behind a Parisian life with good prospects to head toward a dream and mission — and, of course, uncertainties — back in his home country. He would have pursued his …

Paris Dunhuang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including Nine-Color Deer. CHINA DAILY She designed silk scarves featuring zaojing patterns from Dunhuang and white doves, which were chosen as gifts to international delegations attending a conference in Beijing in 1952. Decades afterward, she incorporated Dunhuang art into her designs at several landmark …

Beijing Dunhuang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

By Lin Qi | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-05-24 07:25 A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and …

Her Father Dunhuang Chang Shana

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

Her Father Chang Shana Protecting Dunhuang

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Framing growing cultural connections

China Daily

Founder of Yishu 8 Christine Cayol with French Ambassador to China Bertrand Lortholary appreciate the artworks. The exhibition's opening ceremony on April 20 was attended by Bertrand Lortholary, French ambassador to China, Wu Weishan, director of the National Art Museum of China, Christine Cayol, founder of Yishu 8, and Su Dan, the exhibition's curator. "The spirit of Yishu 8 lies …

China French Yishu 8 Cultural Connections

7 months, 3 weeks ago

He paints portraits through the eye of a camera

China Daily

Wang shoots a photo of a customer surnamed Jia at China Photo Studio. In the bustling China Photo Studio, Wang Xin swiftly changes his position, moving the camera to find the best angle, occasionally pausing to adjust the lighting and help his subject attain the "right" posture and lift his/her mood through to the decisive click of the shutter. "Lean …

Wang Jia Photographer His Subject

8 months, 1 week ago

Reuters photographer wins World Press Photo of the Year with poignant shot from Gaza

New Indian Express

PARIS: Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem captured this year’s prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award Thursday with a depiction of loss and sorrow in Gaza, a heartrending photo of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her young niece. Salem, who is Palestinian, described this photo filed Nov. 2 last year, as a “powerful and sad moment that sums …

Palestinian Gaza Salem World Press Photo

8 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China

China Daily

Overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang introduces a photo of him to visitors to the exhibition at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday. The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing inaugurated an exhibition featuring the landscape photography works of overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang on Wednesday. The exhibition presents 64 of Zhou's photographs, which …

China Chinese Zhou

8 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China

China Daily

Overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang introduces a photo of him to visitors to the exhibition at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday. The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing inaugurated an exhibition featuring the landscape photography works of overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang on Wednesday. The exhibition presents 64 of Zhou's photographs, which …

China Chinese Zhou