https://www.scmp.com/rss/327526/feed Nicholas is a contributor who strives to tell stories of Asian culture through the eyes of a camera. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com For Chinese photographer Zhou Qiang, there was life before the Sichuan earthquake of 2013 and life after. At the time, he was working as a breaking news photographer, covering explosions, floods, and other disasters. But nothing prepared him for the scene that unfolded before him. “I went to the disaster area,” he recalls. “It was my first time witnessing such a devastating scene.” The 6.6-magnitude earthquake left more than 190 people dead, according to official government figures, and... https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-photographer-taoist-priest/article/3045432?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-photographer-taoist-priest/article/3045432?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:44:47 +0000 Log onto Instagram these days, and you’ll probably run into pictures like these. As China’s cities grow bigger and bigger, and the buildings get taller and taller, they’ve become a popular destination for urban photographers. Ray Koo is one of them. He’s known for his breathtaking shots of Shanghai’s cityscape, and his work has amassed a following of over 50,000 on Instagram.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by 🌟raykoo® (@raykoo) on... https://www.scmp.com/travel/shanghai-rooftop-photographer/article/3042197?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/shanghai-rooftop-photographer/article/3042197?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Dec 2019 14:52:36 +0000 Shanghai-based photographer Lo Cheuk-lun has a knack for seeing the absurd in everyday objects. Most of his clients are luxury brands, but his work straddles the line between commercial and fine art. They show the photographer’s uncanny ability to bring inanimate objects to life—even something as mundane as shampooed hair. Lo started as a magazine photographer at the Hong Kong publication City Magazine in the early 2000s. But when his company noticed the mainland Chinese market taking off,... https://www.scmp.com/culture/lo-cheuk-lun-chinese-commercial-photographer/article/3040830?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/lo-cheuk-lun-chinese-commercial-photographer/article/3040830?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:29:46 +0000