Chinese landscape lends itself to dramatic photography. He Yining will illustrate how contemporary Chinese photographers observe and interpret landscape, both natural and artificial. From the Chinese coastline to the Yangtze River, from expressways to the Great Wall, landscape has become an indispensable subject in contemporary Chinese photography. As represented through the camera lenses of Chinese artists, these images are closely related to power, memory and identity. He Yining’s talk examines how they connect with both the fast-changing Chinese reality and different Chinese and Western landscape traditions.

He Yining is a writer, historian and curator of photography. A graduate of the London College of Communication with an MA in  Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, she has wide-ranging experience in the media industry and has covered stories in China and Europe for magazines, newspapers and organizations. She is actively writing and translating photography-related articles and books while curating exhibitions across China.

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