Zooming In: Histories of Photography in China

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Zooming In explores multiple histories of photographic production inChina. At its centre lies a large question: how has photography representedChina and its people, collective history and memory, individual subjectivityand creativity Beautifully illustrated, this book offers a multifaceted and in-depth analysis of an important photographic history.

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"[An] accomplished book. Covering a wide range of genres including portraiture, photojournalism, architectural and landscape photography and contemporary conceptual practices, and filled with a high number of striking illustrations, Zooming In demonstrates the enduring influence of Western visual culture on Chinese cultural identity."-- "Burlington Magazine"
"In this book, Wu brings nuance to the history of photography in China, offering a fresh, postcolonial context for photographs both well-known and previously unstudied. . . . The book is well illustrated throughout, with careful photographic reproductions. It includes exhaustive references, a bibliography, and a brief index. It is recommended to complement collections that include books like Brush & Shutter or Terry Bennett's series of History of Photography in China. Zooming In is also relevant for historical research and for collections that support postcolonial approaches to research."-- "ARLIS/NA Reviews"

Author Bio

Wu Hung is Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. His many books include A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture (Reaktion, 2011) and Zooming In: Histories of Photography in China (Reaktion, 2016).