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Behind | Portraits | Streets | New York | 2003-2007 | by Zheng Yaohua
For A-Tao & Selma
New York Shanghai
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by Zheng Yaohua
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© 2011 by Zheng Yaohua All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner, Zheng Yaohua www.zeyez.net zheng.yaohua.zeyez@gmail.com Self-published in association with the ONEs Press Plan
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Afterword & AcknowledgmentFew people
know what they look like from behind. This book might be seen as mirrors in a fitting room. These photographs were selected from my work between 2003 and 2007. For some of them, I do not remember exactly what I was thinking at the time. All these photographs, however, prove that I have been attracted to all these figures, and some of them remain so powerful to me that they motivated me to make this collection. I classify this album as a coffee table book. Readers, including myself, would flip through it starting from any page, anytime and anywhere, without expecting a conceptual ambition. Meanwhile, one might yet come upon something sometimes. During the tough process of sequencing, scanning and dust-removing,
I repeatedly stared at these portraitures and their fine details, sometimes seeing nothing, sometimes seeing something behind what I was looking at. ...... I am indebted to all who encouraged me to produce this book, especially Jin Hua, who gave me the first positive feedback when the book was just a few PDF pages, and who continued to keep greatly interested in the progress of the book; Li Shuang, who, again, shared with me her enthusiasm and capacity for languages, revising the text in this book word by word. I am also grateful to Cao Mengqin, Ni Yibin and Chen Qiaoshan, who helped me with English writing on their own initiative. Zheng Yaohua April 26, 2011
Zheng Yaohua was born in Shanghai, China in 1962. He studied Chinese language and literature at Shanghai Normal University where he received his Bachelor’s degree in 1985. Zheng started treating photography as a serious tool for his art creation shortly before moving to New York City in 2003. Zheng has been fascinated with the ordinary side of common things. His contemplation has sparked his work. Zheng is an awardee of 2011 QCAF award funded by the NYDCLA Greater New York Arts Development Fund and an invitee to photo-eye’s Art Photo Index. More of Zheng Yaohua’s work can be found on his website: zeyez.net.
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