A new photography exhibition at Harvard University depicts everyday life in Xinjiang, China’s westernmost region.
World-first Exhibition at Harvard displays “big character posters” from China’s Cultural Revolution
Read our four-part blog post series on this exhibition:
Exhibiting the Cultural Revolution, Part 1: Reading “Big-Character Posters”
Exhibiting the Cultural Revolution, Part 2: The Visual Spectacle of “Dazibao”
Exhibiting the …
Sha Fei 沙飞 photographed China’s turbulent wartime in the 1930s and 40s, and in doing so defined a national visual culture.
Sha Fei’s photographs invoke instantly recognizable images of wartime China. From posters, to newspapers and history text books, his unique …