Most controversial of China Photography
Take pictures in China may end up in a Chinese prison if you are in the wrong place at the right time! This is exactly why, compared to the rest of the world have been so few published photographs of Chinese culture. In fact, most commercial coffee table books and photo archive and China focus entirely on attractions rather than people or life on the street. It requires a sharp eye and familiarity with Chinese culture for a photographer to evade and escape the communist authorities in the country with the roll of film in tact. The following fourteen famous photographs China, ranging from antiquity to the digital age, even more scandalous (but still iconic) images, managed to circumvent the Communist censorship and have come to define the "New China".
1) Air-Yu Zhu Soup
Most Chinese performance famous artist Zhu Yu conceptual art piece, entitled "People who eat," took place in a Shanghai arts festival in 2000. It consisted of a series of photographs of him cooking and eating what is supposed to be preventing us from eating people. I took the space between morality and law and based my work on it. "Yu has boasted of using a real fetus that was stolen from a medical school.
2) Edison Chen sex scandal
Scandal Edison Chen photo involved the illegal distribution over the Internet intimate and private photographs of Hong Kong Actor Edison Chen with various women, including actresses Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, Rachel Ngan and Cecilia Cheung. The scandal rocked the entertainment industry in Hong Kong in early 2008 and received high profile attention media locally and worldwide. Chen admitted being the author and owner of the rights of the majority of the photographs and stated that the photographs were private been stolen and published illegally without his consent. He made a public apology, especially to the women involved, and also announced that "time step undefined "in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.
3) Tank Man of Tiananmen by Jeff Widener
The Tank Man or the Unknown Rebel is the nickname of an anonymous man who stood before a column of Chinese Type 59 tanks The Associated Press, from a balcony sixth floor of Beijing Hotel, a half mile (800 meters) away from the scene. Widener was wounded and suffering from flu at the moment. Although he worries that his shots were not good His image was syndicated to a number of newspapers around the world, and is said to have appeared on the cover of every newspaper in Europe.
4) Slaughter of Nanking by Unknown
The slaughter of Nanking or Nanjing Slaughter, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was a murder and mass rape that occurred during the war period of six weeks after the Japanese captured the city of Nanjing (Nanking), the ancient capital of the Republic China, December 13, 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. During this period, up to hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were killed and 20.000 to 80.000 women were raped by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. Although the Japanese government has admitted the facts of the death of large numbers of noncombatants, looting and other acts of violence committed by the Japanese Imperial Army after the fall of Nanking, some Japanese officials have argued that the death toll was military nature and that no such crimes never happened. The denial of the slaughter has become a staple of Japanese nationalism.
5) unknown portrait of Mao Zedong
In 1962, Mao proposed the Socialist Education Movement (SEM) in an attempt to educate farmers resist the temptations of feudalism and capitalism outbreaks has been re-emerging in the field of economic reforms Liu. Large amounts of politicized art were produced and circulated – with Mao at the center. Numerous posters, badges and musical compositions Mao reference in the phrase "Chairman Mao is the red sun in our hearts" and "Savior of the people." In October 1966, Mao Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, who was known as the Little Red Book was published. Party members were encouraged to back them and possession was almost mandatory as a criterion for membership. Over the years, Mao's image became displayed almost everywhere, present in homes, offices and shops.
6) Big Eyes by Xie Hailong
Your Mingjuan became the ambassador image for the Project Hope. The Youth Development Foundation of China uses "Big Eyes" is the icon of the promotion. Based on an incomplete count, from 1994, this photograph is used more than 100 million times in newspapers, posters and other materials and, probably, the photograph was printed in more history. It is number one in the survey of "most memorable pictures in the first 50 years of the nation." Project Hope has collected 2 million yuan [ed. U.S. $ 300 million) in contributions. A survey of donors showed that half of them were not reported to Project Hope could not account for HK $ 70 million in grants, which involves donations from people in Hong Kong to help Chinese children who have been misdirected into the pockets of certain people. The affected filed a defamation lawsuit is not resolved by six years. The net result was that next week had to pay HK $ 3.5 million in damages and court costs. In 2002, Project Hope has allegedly participated in the embezzlement of donations. National Audit Office confirmed that in 2002 audit the financial position of Project Hope, but the report was never published.
7) fall into potholes Liu Tao
A photographer has been criticized in China for his pictures of a man falling off a bicycle. Liu Tao was accused of lying waiting to take their pictures instead of warning people from danger. Readers of Beijing Youth Daily, which published the photos, wrote to express their feelings. One wrote: "The pictures are good shot, but the person who shot this is disgusting. I knew there was a hole, but was waiting for someone to fall. "The photographer was accused of lying to the waiting to take their pictures instead of warning people of danger. And another said: "The photographer should be condemned since he knew he would no doubt other victims. "Liu defended himself, saying:" I just knew that the city government has opened heaven, and without my pictures, the well is not realized by the government, and perhaps more people would fall off. "
Photo false rare antelope Liu Weiqing
Xinhua, the state news agency of China, issued an unusual public apology for publishing a doctored photograph of Tibetan wildlife frolicking near a high-speed train. The deception – uncovered by Chinese Internet users who sniffed out a Photoshop scam in the award-winning picture – has provoked much debate on media ethics, China's troubled relationship with Tibet, and how pregnant antelope react to noise. The photo was the work of Liu Weiqing, a photographer for 41 years of age who had been camped with his Jeep on the Tibetan plateau since March, as part of a highly publicized series by the Daqing Evening News, a regional newspaper, to give know the rare Tibetan antelope. Mr. Liu was also under contract with Xinhua to provide photos for China's largest news service by the government.
9) False Picture of the South China tiger in Zhou Zhenglong
Chinese photographers said the South China tiger on digital pictures, released by forestry authorities and widely discussed on the Internet is a fake. Technological analysis showed the South China tiger in the 40 images that was not real and could not serve as evidence of the existence of wild animals. The digital image, intended as a wild South China tiger crouching in the midst of green bushes, was published by the Forestry Department of northwest China's Shaanxi province, in a press conference Zhou Zhenglong, 52, a farmer and former hunter in the village of Shaanxi Chengguan Zhenping County, photographed the tiger with a digital camera and on film.
10) Live Blow-up doll by Wang Jiayun
China high school student Wang "Blow-up doll" Jiayun has received much attention in the Internet. After pictures High school student Wang Weibo Jiayun broadcast on the Internet, his name became a search term in the top several Internet portals. Wang Jiayun height is 164cm, 42kg weight. From the afternoon of day 17, the number of visits to Weibo Wang Jiayun already exceeded 3.5 million. China Day 17.
11) District of light pink by Tom Carter
Few foreigners have been photographed in China travel as widely as an American photographer Tom Carter, who spent two years backpacking 35,000 miles in all 33 provinces. His seminal book of photography CHINA: Portrait of a People has received critical acclaim for fair representation of life and humanity in modern China. But Carter's best-selling book was banned for sale in mainland China by the Communist Party for inclusion of 15 images (900) of Chinese prostitutes and brothels (including Carter coined the phrase "pink zone" in several cities, including Beijing and Hong Kong. Carter refused to defend either or apologize for his "pink" photos, except to say "good photographs – especially these -. they speak for themselves "
12) Head of Government Dezhou / Linyi city during which he was pushed around As the director Zhuanhe people. Thus, I left the office of village government and he was there waiting for me. I told him I was going to the village with him. He said fiercely: "Come on, let the people go!" I asked, "What kind of attitude is that?" Suddenly he opened his fist and hit me in the temple. I was stunned. I reacted and shouted: "What are you doing!" He raised his hand and hit me. This is the moment captured by the camera. During this episode, the government of the city's party secretary Ying name was on the side and watched with his arms akimbo. No intercession. When I asked Secretary Ying for help, he turned and left. "
13) Show Strip Rural China by Unknown
Nothing is known about the origin of these images are accepting that show a band of underground in a rural village in China, state unknown. Such actions are illegal in China (along with pornography), but notoriously corrupt police bribes to local China usually allowed to stay open.
14) Villager Nude Photo Shoot protests by Unknown
A nude photo shoot in China was interrupted when a local villager angry began to attack the photographers. The 20-year-old model and photographers fell over 10 Shenxiandong Forest Park in Henan Province, China center shooting a series of artistic nude pictures. They were discovered accidentally by a local villager who quickly informed other residents to come and see. As expected no was not long before a group of lovers of 'art' men had gathered at the site to see. However, his wife was not very grateful and rushed to scold their husbands stray and sent home. After several hours in the shoot of a local board, armed with a tree branch, made his disapproval clear when he attacked photographers. The man, Shen Guoxi, 60, said: "These people are here to take nude photos, which is very dirty and polluting the environment is damaged family ties. . the people "However, one of the photographers involved complained that the villagers were" too blinkered "Another added:". Body art is a high art. The human body is the most beautiful and artists. "
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