Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change

Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and social change, curated by Gu Zheng, leading photographer, and social critic in China, features the work of seven photographers currently documenting the remarkable challenges facing Chinese men and women as their society shifts from a rural to an urban orientation. [...] The exhibition introduces a new and critical generation of Chinese photographers to American audinces while it raises vexing questions about the impact of urbanization on societies and individuals.' The book includes an introduction by Gu Zheng and plates by Liu Xiaodi, Jaing Jian, Zhang xinmin, Lu Yuanmin, Lou Yongjin, and Zhou Hai.