Liu Heung Shing
Born in Hong Kong, Liu Heung Shing worked in China from 1976 as a photojournalist (and later bureau chief) for Time magazine, and also for the Associated Press and other international media.
Liu Heung Shing
He documented the changes following the death of Mao, which were the subject of his book China After Mao in 1983, and of an exhibition.
In 1992 he shared a team Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the collapse of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union, which was also the subject of another of his many books, published in the same year
Some further background reading is available via this link provided by PhotoForum
Liu Heung Shing’s travel and accommodation is supported by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
Keynote Presentations
His first keynote on Thursday, 2nd May at 19:00 will be “China, Portrait of a country (1949 – 2008)”. This will be an expose of the book of the same name edited by Liu and featuring the work of 88 photographers over this period.
Published by Taschen their quote is:
“This book brings together a vast selection of images by Chinese photographers since 1949, giving readers a visual journey across the great People’s Republic; edited by esteemed photojournalist Liu Heung Shing, longtime Associated Press correspondent and Time magazine contributor.”
The first talk will feature photographs from this book. View more information on the Taschen Website
His second talk on Sunday, 5th May at 10:45 will be “Photographs and Books by Liu Heung Shing“.
The presentation will feature photographs from the five books he has authored on USSR, China and India. These books are:
