Amid China‘s tumultuous dash to become rich, one man's photographs of families posing with their worldly goods will soon seem like records from a distant era.
Huang Qingjun has spent nearly a decade travelling to remote parts of China to persuade people who have sometimes never been photographed to carry outside all their household possessions and pose for him.
Huang Qingjun
Born in September 1971 in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province
In January 1999, joined the Chinese Photographers' Association
Now is the professional artist
Personal photographic Exhibitions:
In June 2001, Steam Locomotive Photo Exhibition in Beijing Dazhong Photo Gallery
In August 2003, Steam Locomotive Photo Exhibition in the International Photograph Festival held in Pingyao, China
In September 2005, Steam Locomotive Photo Exhibition in Bielefeld china Galerie in Germany
In December 2006, Steam Locomotive Photo Exhibition in Nation Train Museum in Nuremberg in Germany
In August 2007, Floating-The New Generation of Art in China organized by China Art Gallery, Korea
In October 2007, Steam Locomotive Photo Exhibition in National Communication Museum in Dresden in Germany
In December 2007,Exhibition “Family staff” in 798 photo gallery ,beijing ,China
In 2008-2009 Paris Photo Exhibition “Family staff”, Paris, France
In March,2012 AIPAD exhibition “Family staff” in New York.
Awards:
Photo “Coal Carrier in Steel Factory” won Good Work Award in UN 1994-1995 World Environment Photographic Competition and has been exhibited in more than 40 countries
In 1988, won the title of Kodak Cup's The Best Ten Professional Photographers organized by Chinese Photographers Magazine
Works collected by:
Guang Dong Art Gallery.
Nation Train Museum in Nuremberg,Germany
Shenzhen Art Gallery
via BBC Magazine and 798 Photo Galley
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