• The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren
  • The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren

    The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present — Edited by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren

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    A sweeping visual anthology charting over a century of photographic publishing in China, The Chinese Photobook is both archive and provocation—edited by Martin Parr and the Dutch duo WassinkLundgren, with contributions from key scholars including Gu Zheng and Stephanie H. Tung. This volume exposes how photobooks in China have functioned not merely as aesthetic objects, but as ideological tools, community records, and vehicles of resistance.

    From late-Qing pictorialism to Maoist propaganda, from reform-era self-expression to the globalised experimentation of the 2000s, this book unfolds a polyphonic narrative of China told through its printed matter. Over 250 photobooks are reproduced, many never before seen outside China, and each is situated in its specific political and visual context. Stark documentary, staged imagery, vernacular albums—the materials collide, overlap and contradict, revealing the tensions and ruptures behind the state-approved image.

    Published by Aperture and grounded in the landmark touring exhibition, this second edition (2016) is now a crucial reference work for anyone tracing the intersections of photography, print culture, and power. It belongs alongside The Latin American Photobook and Parr’s earlier The Photobook: A History as part of a deliberate reframing of photographic canons from the global periphery.

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    Title: The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present
    Editor(s): Martin Parr, WassinkLundgren
    Date: Second Edition, 2016
    Texts by: Gu Zheng, Raymond Lum, Ruben Lundgren, Stephanie H. Tung, Gerry Badger
    Technique / Printing Method: Offset, hardcover
    Medium / Materials: Paper, clothbound
    Dimensions (cm): approx. 22 × 28
    Language: English, Chinese
    Pages: 448
    Publisher / Editor: Aperture
    ISBN: 9781597113755
    Condition: NEW

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