http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts/humanism_china_4594.jsp Comments for "Humanism in China, openDemocracy " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts/humanism_china_4594.jsp <div class="full_image"><p><img src="http://www.opendemocracy.net/content/articles/4594/images/characters_565.jpg" alt=""width="555" border="0" /><br /><span class="image_caption">Liu Jianming (February 1989), Yuanjiang, Yunnan<br> "An old man, who calls himself 'the people's calligrapher', signs everywhere." © <a href=http://fotoe.com/ target=_blank>fotoe.com</a> </span></div> <p>&quot;Humanism in China&quot; is an exhibition of 590 photographs, presented by the <a href="http://www.gdmoa.org/" target="_blank">Guangdong Museum of Art</a> in Guangzhou. Sketching a broad panorama of the life of people in China the exhibition also represents a survey of Chinese documentary photography of the last five decades of the 20th century. </p> Divided into four categories - existence, relations, desire, time - the photos portray everyday Chinese life against the background of social revolutions. Going beyond the surface effects of recent economic success in China&#39;s major cities, the photographers have set out to document the impact of the country&#39;s increasing modernisation upon the individual. <div class="full_image"><p><img src="http://www.opendemocracy.net/content/articles/4594/images/snow_565.jpg" alt=""width="555" border="0" /><br /><span class="image_caption">Feng Jianxin (Winter 1987), Weichang, Hebei <br>"A soldier bids farewell to his wife and child who have just visited him and are now returning home." © <a href=http://fotoe.com/ target=_blank>fotoe.com</a> </span></div><div class="full_image"><p><img src="http://www.opendemocracy.net/content/articles/4594/images/hair_565_.jpg" alt=""width="555" border="0" /><br /><span class="image_caption">Wang Chongyan (2002), Daqing, Heilongjiang<br> "A woman on death row hopes the verdict might change." © <a href=http://fotoe.com/ target=_blank>fotoe.com</a> </span></div><div class="full_image"><p><img src="http://www.opendemocracy.net/content/articles/4594/images/pic_565.jpg" alt=""width="555" border="0" /><br /><span class="image_caption">Hao Junchen (2003), Beijing<br>"An old man holding a picture of his late wife, fulfilling the couple's joint dream of traveling to Beijing." © <a href=http://fotoe.com/ target=_blank>fotoe.com</a> </span></div><div class="rating-item"><div class="rating" id="rating_mean_4594"><div class="rating-intro"><span class="rating-intro-text">Average rating</span></div><div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div><div class="num-votes">(<span id="rating_num_votes_4594">3</span> votes)</div></div><form action="/crss/node/4594" method="post" id="rating_form_4594" class="rating" title="Rating: 5.0"> <div><div class="form-item"> <label for="rating_options_4594">Rate this: </label> <select name="edit[rating]" class="form-select rating-options" title="Rate this" id="rating_options_4594" ><option value="0">---</option><option value="100" selected="selected">Excellent!</option><option value="80">Great!</option><option value="60">Good</option><option value="40">Quite good</option><option value="20">Not so great</option></select> </div> <input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="4594" /> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Submit" class="form-submit" /> <input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-rating-form-4594" value="rating_form_4594" /> </div></form> </div> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts/humanism_china_4594.jsp#comment asia &amp; pacific arts &amp; cultures openDemocracy the small picture Mon, 07 May 2007 23:00:00 +0000 4594 at http://www.opendemocracy.net