3030: New Photography in China

TThis fully illustrated survey presents the work of 30 of China's most exciting photographers under 30. Here for the first time is presented China’s new generation, unburdened by ideology and immersed in the economic and social changes that have transformed China over the past 20 years. From internationally exhibiting artists to photo-journalists, video makers and web bloggers, their images reveal a diverse range of styles that reflect the influence not only of tradition and politics but also foreign media channels and the development of a home-grown pop culture encompassing TV, music, advertising and fashion.

In almost all cases it is the city that provides the inspiration, whether it is Guangzhou in the south, Shanghai in the east or Beijing in the north. And it is partly these regional differences and their influence on each other that lends contemporary photography in China its freshness and strength.

Essays by leading scholars and curators from Beijing and Guangzhou introduce the photographers and their work. For students and enthusiasts of contemporary China and photography ‘3030: New Photography in China’ reveals an exciting new force in world art

The Photographers

Birdhead (鳥頭): Song Tao (宋濤) b.1979, Ji Weiyu (季煒煜), b.1980

Cai Wei Dong (蔡衛東), b.1978

Cao Fei (曹斐), b.1978

Chen Wei (陳維), b.1980

Chi Peng (遟鵬), b.1981

Guo Hang (郭航), b. 1983

Huang Kui (黃奎), b.1977

Jin Shan (金閃), b.1976

Li Si En (李思恩), b.1980

Liang Yue (梁玥), b.1979

Lin Zhi Peng (223) (林誌鵬), b.1979

Liu Bo (劉波), b.1977

Liu Ding (劉鼎), b.1976

Liu Ren (劉韌), b.1980

Liu Yi Qing (Yiki) (劉一青), b.1982

Lu Yanpeng (盧彥鵬), b.1984

Peng & Chen: Peng Yangjun (彭楊軍), b.1977 & Chen Jiaojiao (陳皎皎), b.1980

Shen Hao (瀋浩), b.1980

Si Wei (Zao) (司瑋), b.1980

Su Han Guang (Alex) (蘇焊光), b.1978

Tang Yi (湯藝), b.1982

Wang Yifei (王一飛), b.1984

Wen Ling (Ziboy) (溫淩), b.1976

Xu Cheng (徐程), b.1980

Xu Zi Yu (徐梓峪), b.1979

Yang Chang Hong (楊長虹), b. 1979

Yao Yi Chun (姚亦淳), b.1984

Zhang Jungang (K1973) (張君鋼), b.1980

Zhao Yao (趙要), b.1981

Zheng Zhiyuan (鄭知淵), b.1977

The Authors

Gu Zheng (顧錚) is professor of photography at Fudan University in Shanghai and one of China's leading scholars of contemporary photography. He has written articles for numerous journals and exhibition catalogues in China and was a chief curator of the 2005 Guangzhou Photography Biennial.

Ou Ning (歐寜) is an artist, author and champion of contemporary art in China. He was curator of the exhibition Get It Louder, in 2005 – an important showcase of contemporary art and design in China – and has written extensively in both Chinese and English on China's evolving art scene.

The Editor

John Millichap has lived in China for more than 10 years and has written for various publications about contemporary art in China. He founded 3030 Press in 2006