Tag: Liu Heung Shing

A Life in a Sea of Red – British Journal of Photography

A Life in a Sea of Red

Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Liu Heung Shing, the photojournalist who captured the transformation of China, reflects on his coverage of the protests and his wider body of work

via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/06/a-life-in-a-sea-of-red/

Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Liu Heung Shing, the photojournalist who captured the transformation of China, reflects on his coverage of the protests and his wider body of work

June 5, 2019
Poetry Meets Politics in Photos of China – The New York Times

Poetry Meets Politics in Photos of China

Between violent flash points in history, Liu Heung Shing saw tenderness and subversive humor in societies saturated with propaganda.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/lens/liu-heung-shing-china-photos.html

Liu Heung Shing looked outside the car window: an imposing portrait of Mao Zedong had disappeared from the east side of Tiananmen Square. It was 1981.

May 16, 2019