Zhang Kechun
B. China, 1980
The Works
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Zhang Kechun
Dragon Boat in the Three Gorges
2021
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Old House Under the Bridge
2014
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
A Buddha Head in the Mountain
2015
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Workers Building Bridge Piers for a High-Speed Railway, Shaanxi
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Maple Tree
2021-22
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
An Overturned Cement Truck, Qinghai
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Dai Mountain
2018
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Abandoned Boats
2017
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
White Deer under a Cooling Tower, Inner Mongolia
2010
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Men Climbing a Billboard, Qinghai, 2011
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
People doing Morning Exercise under a Dragon Lamp, Gansu, 2011
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
People Drink Tea by the River
2013
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Sculptures in the Country, Inner Mongolia
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
A Family Spending the Weekend under a Bridge, Shandong, China
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Lake in the Desert
2014
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
The Soldiers Standing by the Pool
2015
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Road to Mine
2015
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Two Men Painting a House in the River, Gansu
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
People Fishing by the River, Shaanxi
2012
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Three Gorges Dam
2014
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
A Rockery in the Middle of a Dry Lake, Shandong
2011
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Waterfalls
2019
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
Buddha Statues
2019
Archival pigment print
Zhang Kechun
A Man Standing on an Island in the Middle of the River Shaanxi, China
2012
Archival pigment print
B. China 1980
Biography
Zhang Kechun’s work examines the post-industrial landscape of China. Working with a large-format camera he produces epic vistas that dwell on the significance of the landscape in modern Chinese national identity. In particular, Kechun explores the relationship between the country’s cultural heritage and the effects of modernisation. Kechun’s works are quietly beautiful and hugely atmospheric, using a soft and subtle colour palette. Whilst Kechun imbues the altered landscape of China with a tragic beauty, his photographs also capture the comical moments in people’s everyday lives that he encounters.
Zhang Kechun was born in 1980 in Sichuan, China. His work has been exhibited at Photoquai, Paris, the Beijing Photo Biennale, China and the Delhi Photo Festival, India. Kechun won the Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles for The Yellow River in 2014. He won the National Geographic Picks Global Photo Contest in 1998 and was shortlisted at the Sony World Photography Awards in 2013. In 2023 he was awarded first prize the Still Life category at the Sony World Photography Awards. He lives and works in Chengdu, China.
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