{"product_id":"liu-zheng-liu-zheng-9783958292673","title":"Liu Zheng: Dream Shock","description":"Liu Zheng (born 1969) is one of the few Chinese photographers whose work has reached the West. The exhibition of his extensive series \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e at ICP in New York in 2004 and the accompanying publication indicated he was working on the borders between the documentary tradition and the extended portrait school of August Sander. His background on the \u003ci\u003eWorkers' Daily\u003c\/i\u003e suggests his grounding as a photojournalist. Yet Liu Zheng's vision does not echo the common view of China, characterized by anonymity in the sheer mass of the population, or by the momentum of industry. Frequently the subjects of his portraits are those on the fringes of Chinese society. \u003ci\u003eDream Shock\u003c\/i\u003e brings us to another space that exists in the mind itself. Some of the characters, such as a Peking Opera singer, may be half-familiar, but the historical references to occupation and the sexual explicitness take us into unprecedented territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liu Zheng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3958292674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958292673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Liu Zheng","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979110088959,"sku":"9783958292673","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a649ebe-a14b-487c-8f90-c5ef3d24486f.jpg?v=1683244181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/liu-zheng-liu-zheng-9783958292673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}