A site dedicated to present photobooks and books on the virtual shelf. Zhang kechun people crossing the yellow river with a. Chinese photographer, zhang kechun, approaches his subject, the yellow river, from a haunting distance. Zhang kechun has been selected to represent china at this years bangkok art biennale bab 2020. Zhang kechun the yellow river hardcover cloth bound numbered and signed limited edition of 500. I was inspired to carry out this project after reading the novel rivers of the north by zhang chengzhi. He had read chengzhi zhangs novel river of the north and was inspired by its symbolism of the river and the countryside. Long considered a song, our mother, or the birthplace of the soul, the yellow river has become the subject of jokes and has faded from our memories. This year marks the second edition of the festival, which will take place in venues across the city from october of this year. Zhang kechun, the yellow river zhang kechun, the yellow river.
Dec 17, 2012 in december an amazing photo collection by zhang kechun, titled yellow river project, was selected as a finalist for the fourth annual three shadows photography award. Wanting to investigate the significance of the landscape in modern chinese. Now in its fourth year, it has accumulated several awardwinning titles, including chinese photographer zhang xiaos coastline, and zhang kechuns yellow river. Sep 24, 2004 when maos cultural revolution took hold in china in june 1966, ange zhang was thirteen years old. He won the national geographic picks global prize in 2008, was nominated by three shadow photo. Zhang kechun, the subtle provocateur the photographer captures the beauty and sorrow of chinas yellow river and how it represents a changing society. Chinese photographer kechun zhang has won the prestigious discovery award at this years rencontres darles for his series the yellow river. Carrying out this photograph project is because inspiration after reading novel north written by chengzhi.
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The emotion that lies within each of these photographs gives one a feeling of sympathy for the devastating floods and further destruction that is happening in china. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Despite its bleak state, kechun has faith that eventually the power of. We play and chase all day long in the powerful torrent of. The series the yellow river by chengdubased photographer zhang kechun offers a glimpse of a china far removed from the crowds, technological advances and towering urban jungles often associated with it. Attracted by the powerful words in this novel, i decided to take a walk along the yellow river to experience and feel the fatherlike broad and wide brought from this river, so. Carrying out this photograph project is because of the inspiration after reading the novel river of the north written by zhang chengzhi. By ming ye ming ye is a writer and curator who aims to bring chinese photography to a global audience. From this point of view, it seems, all shall be optimistic. The exhibition will showcase some of kechuns iconic photographs from his series the yellow river and the recent between the mountains and water. Lugging a largeformat linhof camera, zhang kechun travelled through rural china to document the effects of the countrys ultrarapid.
The yellow river or huang he listen help info is the second longest river in china, after the yangtze river, and the sixth longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 km 3,395 mi. Book size 250 x 250 mm pages 120 pages, 55 images binding hardcover publication date 2017 language. Attracted by the powerful words in this novel, i decided to take a walk along the yellow river to experience and feel the fatherlike broad and wide brought from this river, so that i could find the root of my soul. Zhang uses family photographs and his own artwork to illustrate this spare story of how his family fell from being revered by the chinese communist party to being intellectual outcasts. Kechun creates soothing images by capturing the subtle tones of the river that seem to fade into the land and sky. The tumultuous pleasures of modern life having turned us away from the winding river, we no longer take.
In december an amazing photo collection by zhang kechun, titled yellow river project, was selected as a finalist for the fourth annual three shadows photography award. However, the quiet beauty of his images conceal the river s devastation. Between the mountains and water photographs by zhang kechun. Zhang kechun photos the yellow river china the new republic. Zhang kechun goes in search of his souls route following. Every book is shown with front, back and spine and most of them with sample spreads showing the interior. The sky river, as they called the starry swathe across the night sky, was considered the lifeblood of the river. Available for sale from aki gallery, zhang kechun, people crossing the yellow river with a photo of mao zedong, henan 2012, inkjet print, 100. However, the quiet beauty of his images conceal the rivers devastation. Chengdu artist zhang kechun captures these paradoxes neatly in a set of haunting photographs snapped from the banks of the yellow river. Saying that it is a song might have been a popular joke. Zhang kechun, the yellow river world photography organisation. Haunting pictures of loneliness along the yellow river.
The weak moaning finally will be drowned by the shout for joy. Attracted by the powerful words of the novel, i decided to take a walk along the yellow river in order to find the root of my. Between the mountains and water chinas yellow river is the countrys cradle of civilization, a site of ferocious annual flooding and a marker of the lands astoundingly rapid transformation. The yellow river zhang kechun shashasha delivering. Zhang kechun, born in 1980 in sichuan province, china.
Photographer zhang kechun pays homage to the yellow river of china in this stunning photo feature. Changes to the weather have brought extreme flooding and drought, and modernization has wrought severe pollution. Jun 20, 20 chinese photographer, zhang kechun, approaches his subject, the yellow river, from a haunting distance. The book is written in a streamofconsciousness style and its story follows the paths of many rivers across china. Zhang kechuns the yellow river the eye of photography. The yellow river ask for a catalogue zhang kechun has spent 4 years on the banks the yellow river. He travels on a foldup bicycle, following the rivers silted water from the coastal flats of shandong, west, to the mountains of qinghai. Originating in the bayan har mountains in qinghai province of western china, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the bohai sea near the city of dongying in. Sep 03, 2014 zhang kechun the yellow river essay contains explicit content. Zhang kechun documents the bleak reality of chinas yellow river. In 2010 zhang decided to undertake a journey along the length of the yellow river. Anges father was a famous writer whose yellow river cantata was considered by many to be the anthem of the chinese revolution. The strange use of cigarettes at 1980s chinese weddings. It is a journey to discover places far from the common imaginary that one has when thinking of china, in total disagreement with the great hypertechnological metropolises.
Its positioning aligned with the direction of the earthly counterpart. Zhang kechun embarks on an introspective journey along the. The images show the transition of the river from prosperous waters to dry and barren land. Zhang kechun the yellow river essay contains explicit content. The yellow river photographs and text by zhang kechun. It explores the landscape along one of asias longest rivers, where humans are dwarfed by the vast magnitude of space and silence of its natural surroundings. Jun 02, 2014 over a threeyear period beginning in 2010, chinese photographer zhang kechun followed the mythical yellow river, walking from the estuary of the river in shandong westward to the rivers source.
He is known for his photographs dwelling on the significance of the landscape in modern chinese national identity. Zhang kechun, the subtle provocateur mclc resource center. The tumultuous pleasures of modern life having turned us away from the winding river, we no longer take the time to serenely contemplate it. The yangtze river, asias longest river, is the main subject of the yellow river, a series of photographs by zhang kechun. The yangtze is praised as the cradle of chinese evolution owing to the central function it played in the civilization of ancient china. A poetic photo essay on the death of chinas yellow river. The continental cultural awareness of making a sightseeing tour, the inherent cultivation consciousness of mountains being virtuous, rivers being moral, and the sense of visual illusion of a short distance away are always the main line of.
Attracted by the powerful words of the novel, i decided to take a walk along the yellow river in order to find the root of my soul. The milky, diaphanous expanses of zhang kechuns photographs of rural china seem to emerge from the rivers celestial source. Zhang kechun zhang kechun, born in 1980 in sichuan province, china. The yellow river spanish hardcover january 1, 2016 by zhang kechun photographer see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Jan 20, 2017 about the yangtze, chinas yellow river. Between the mountains and water photographs by zhang. The yellow river, a photographic project in the footsteps. When maos cultural revolution took hold in china in june 1966, ange zhang was thirteen years old. Zhang kechuns the yellow river the eye of photography magazine.
Chinese photographer zhang kechun spent months travelling through rural china and found beauty through the fog of pollution and industry. Jun 30, 2019 the exhibition will showcase some of kechuns iconic photographs from his series the yellow river and the recent between the mountains and water. Ange zhangs red land yellow river is subtitled a story from the cultural revolution and is shelved in the fiction collection, but is clearly autobiographical. Zhang kechun people crossing the yellow river with a photo. Photographer zhang kechun did it and everything he immortalized gave birth to the yellow river, a photographic project that became a book. Despite its bleak state, kechun has faith that eventually the power of nature will override the. Saying that it is our mother river or the root of soul might have been a deliberate oblivion.
Apr 25, 2016 lugging a largeformat linhof camera, zhang kechun travelled through rural china to document the effects of the countrys ultrarapid modernisation, in his series the yellow river all. Books from 1920 up to now, with ongoing additions and updates. Chengdu photographer zhang kechun captures both the beauty and the. Zhang kechun goes in search of his souls route following a. Zhang kechun encapsulates the oblivion of chinas mysterious. Works the yellow river between the mountains and water chinese landscaps.
Mountains and rivers are very significant for chinese people. He won the national geographic picks global prize in 2008, was nominated by three. The kitab, indias first photobook festival was held between 23rd march, 2017 28th march, 2017 at 8 different venues in and around dehradun,uttarakhand, india. Inspired by the book rivers of the north by zhang chengzhi. Available for sale from huxleyparlour, zhang kechun, people crossing the yellow river with a photo of mao zedong, henan 2012, archival pigment print. Chinese photographer zhang kechun documents both the beauty and destruction of chinas secondlongest river.
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