Top 10 Famous Chinese Photographers with their Best Photos

Famous China Photographers

Here is a list of best Chinese photographers. Most of these famous photographers are experienced in different conceptualizations. Fashion, Contemporary, landscape, street photography are various types of photography styles . The introduction of surrealism, realism in some of these photographs, make them an interesting watch. Some of the famous photographers in china, who left a mark for future generations are: Ren Hang, Fan Ho, Hou Bo, Lang Jinshang, Liu Xucang and more. Now you can visualize China through the eyes of these famous photographers from China.

1. Maleonn - Shanghai
2. Chen Man - Beijing
3. Robert Zhao Renhui - Shanghai
4. Taca Sui - Qingdao
5. Rong Rong and Inri - Beijing
6. Jiang Pengyi - Beijing
7. Yuyang Liu - Chengdu
8. Yangkun Shi - Henan
9. Xiaoxiao Xu - Wenzhou
10. Yang Yongliang - Beijing  

1. Maleonn - Shanghai

Maleonn, artist, was born in 1972, Shanghai, China. He entered Shanghai Huashan Art School when he was 12 years old. He then went to Fine Art College of Shanghai University, majored in Graphic design. By 1995, he has completed his art study of 11 years.After graduation, he went into the world of advertisement and became a director of commercial filming. During this period of his career, he has won golden award of the China International Advertising Festival twice. 

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2. Chen Man - Beijing

Born in Beijing, Chen Man graduated from the photography department of the design school under the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Chen Man is specialized in style, beauty and fashion. She takes the illusions far beyond the mere captured moment in conventional photographs. 

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3. Robert Zhao Renhui - Shanghai

Robert Zhao Renhui is an award winning artist from Shanghai. He has won the Young Artist Award in Singapore, received an Honourable Mention at the Photo ­Levallois Festival, Paris, France, and was a Finalist at the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART 2017, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China. He has exhibited internationally, and his works are in the collections of the Kadist Art Foundation in San Francisco, UBS Art Collection and Statoil Art Collection in Norway.  

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4. Taca Sui - Qingdao

Taca Sui was born in 1984, Qingdao, China. She completed her graduation at China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. She has won several awards since 2010 : Hey Hot Shot Award(2010), Lianzhou International Photography Festival -Photographer of the Year Award(2010) and more. She has participated in several group and solo exhibitions in China and other international places. 

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5. Rong Rong and Inri - Beijing

RongRong (China) and Inri (Japan) husband and wife duo have been working together since 2000. Their works reflect the intimate world that they have created together, while pushing the boundaries of traditional black-and-white darkroom techniques. Their past critically acclaimed series of works, such as Mt. Fuji, In Nature, and Liulitun, focus on the beauty of the human body in nature and the urban environment. In 2007, RongRong and inri established the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in the Caochangdi art district of Beijing, the premier platform for international communication. They also started the annual Three Shadows Photography Award to discover and encourage China's most promising photographers. RongRong and inri's recent work brings attention to the beauty and value of new beginnings in their shared life and surroundings, especially amidst a rapidly changing world. 

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6. Jiang Pengyi - Beijing

Jiang Pengyi graduated from the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, in 2014. Jinag Pengyi was born in Yuanjiang, Hunan Province in 1977, graduated from the China Academy of Art, and currently lives and works in Beijing.

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7. Yuyang Liu - China

Yuyang Liu is a freelance photographer for Getty Images, The New York Times and The Washington Post. He focuses on ethnic, health, and environmental issues in China, while also taking on assignments such as on sustainable fishery in West Africa. He won the Magnum Foundation Human Rights & Photography Fellowship, Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography and Ian Parry Scholarship, and was selected as PDN’s 30 in 2017. 

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8. Yangkun Shi - Henan

Yangkun Shi is a chinese contemporary photographer. He was born in 1991, Henan province, China. He holds a bachelor degree in journalism and Master's degree in Photography. His 2018 'Retrotopia' featuring the 40th anniversary of China's reform made him quite popular. 

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9. Xiaoxiao Xu - Wenzhou

Immigrating from China to the Netherlands at a young age was a very interesting and significant event in my life. This substantial change, the leap from the East to the West, had an extensive impact on me, in which my daily routine has transformed into an uncertain and precarious existence. Due to this emigration experience, my will to tell stories has grown and I have learned to observe both East and West from a distance. I am as much an insider and an outsider, uprooted, unidentified and estranged from both sides. Photography is the medium in which I can express this feeling the best. By photographing places, people and objects that arouse alienated feelings within me, I am still able to maintain a balance. With each image, I move one step closer to understand my identity and the stories behind the world in which I live. 

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10. Yang Yongliang - Beijing

Born in 1980, Shanghai, China; Yang was trained as a pupil to traditional Chinese art since early childhood, later graduated from China Academy of Art in Shanghai in 2003, majored in Visual Communication. Yang exploits a connection between traditional art and the contemporary, implementing ancient oriental aesthetics and literati beliefs with modern language and digital techniques. His work has been exhibited internationally at museums and biennials, such as Thessaloniki Biennale in Greece (2009), Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing (2012), National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne (2012), Moscow Biennale (2013), Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (2013), Daegu Photo Biennale in Korea (2014) and more. 

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