Feng Li
Feng Li (born 1971) is a Chinese photographer, based in Chengdu. He is a street photographer and (more recently) a fashion photographer, as well as working a day job as a photographer for the Sichuan provincial department of communication. Feng's long-term ongoing series of street photography, White Night, has been published in a book and shown in solo exhibitions at Nanjing University of the Arts Museum in Nanjing, China, Galerie Oberkampf in Paris, and at Rencontres d'Arles in Arles, France.
Feng Li
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- 1971
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- photographer
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Life and work
Life and work
It has won him the Best Photographer Prize at Jinan International Photo Biennale, the Grand Jury Prize at Lianzhou Photo Festival, and the Discovery Award at the Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival, all in China.
Feng was born and raised in the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province, southwestern China. He studied traditional Chinese medicine. He took up photography in 1996, then got a civil service job working as a photographer for the Sichuan provincial department of communication. The job involves "photographing technological hubs, high tech factories, and CEOs". Feng's long-term ongoing series of flash-lit colour photographs, mostly of people, is titled White Night. It comprises mostly candid street photography but also photos of people he knows. Work made for the series in Chengdu between 2005 and 2015 was published as a book in 2017. In 2018 he also did some fashion photography.
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Feng Li, a photographer, was born in 1971. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• White Night, Nanjing University of the Arts Museum, Nanjing, China, 2016 • White Night, Galerie Oberkampf, Paris, 2017 • Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2018
Publications
• 白夜 = White Night. Ningbo, China: Jiazazhi, 2017. Edition of 1000 copies.. • Second edition. Ningbo, China: Jiazazhi, 2018. Edition of 1000 copies. "This second edition is slightly smaller in size and features higher-quality paper as well as higher-quality printing." • White Night in Paris. Self-published, 2018. Twenty-four 15×10 cm prints of photographs of Paris. Edition of 80 copies. • White Night in Berlin. Self-published, 2019. Twenty-four 15×10 cm prints of photographs of Berlin. Edition of 80 copies. • Pig. Self-published, 2020. Twenty-four 15×10 cm prints of photographs of pigs. Edition of 80 copies. • Good Night. Ningbo, China: Jiazazhi, 2022..
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Awards
• 2012: Best Photographer Prize, Jinan International Photo Biennale, Jinan, China • 2012: Grand Jury Prize, Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China • 2017: Jimei x Arles Discovery Award, Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival, Jimei district, Xiamen, China
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- 1.Boisgisson, Leo de. Feng Li: White Nights & The Grayness of Skies. American Suburb X. 28 March 2017.
- 2.Feng Li's feted first book White Night. British Journal of Photography. 7 November 2017.
- 3.Feng Li "combs the streets" of Singapore in his latest obscure series. It's Nice That. 31 January 2019.
- 4.Moroz, Sarah. feng li captures the dark absurdity of chinese street life. i-D. 9 July 2018.
- 5.Anglès, Daphné. At Arles Festival, 7 Promising Photographers to Watch. The New York Times. 19 July 2018. 0362-4331.
- 6.Chinese photographer, Feng Li's series White Night is a flip book of strange scenarios. It's Nice That. 8 February 2018.
- 7.Issue #7879: Cool + Noteworthy. British Journal of Photography. 5 December 2018.
- 8.White Night 2nd edition - Feng Li. Shashasha.
- 9.AMNUA. Nanjing University of the Arts Museum.
- 10.Photo / "White Night", ombres chinoises. Libération. 13 October 2017.
- 11.Feng Li - White Night. Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival.
- 12.Les Rencontres d'Arles photo festival heads to Jimei in Xiamen. China Daily.
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