Zooming in : histories of photography in China
Wu Hung, Zooming in : histories of photography in China, London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2016. 1 vol. (398 p) .
From the first sets of photographic records made by Western travellers to the emergence of ‘Chinese photography’ imbued with national anxiety and individual desire, and from doctored portraits of Chairman Mao to ‘experimental’ representations of urban transformation and avant-garde performances of the post-Cultural Revolution era, the development of photography in China has followed divergent paths through changing sociopolitical contexts, producing images with different agendas, technological innovations and artistic pursuits.
Zooming In explores multiple histories of photographic production in China. At its centre lies a large question: how has photography represented China and its people, collective history and memory, individual subjectivity and creativity? To address this multifaceted question, Wu Hung offers an in-depth study of selected photographers, themes and movements of photography in China from 1860 to the present, covering a wide range of topics from portraiture to photojournalism, architectural and landscape photography, photo-publications and conceptual photography.
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Jacqueline Nivard (13 décembre 2016). Zooming in : histories of photography in China. Cultures chinoises, immatérielles et numériques. Consulté le 15 juin 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/nfl8
