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Zhang Yaxin

The Red Guards started long march (Series: Red Times), 1966, giclee print, variable sizes
Red flag flying under the Baota mountain (Series: Red Times), 1966, giclee print, variable sizes
Daqing amateurish performers from worker's families went to Beijing for performance (Series: Red Times), 1969, giclee print, variable sizes
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On harvest ground (Series: Red Times), 1968, giclee print, variable sizes
Conference of driving ghost away (Series: Red Times), 1967, giclee print, variable sizes
Performers of air force performing at Sheshan island (Series: Red Times), 1967, giclee print, variable sizes
Training of posseman (Series: Red Times), 1968, giclee print, variable sizes
Shanghai big world club (Series: Red Times), 1967, giclee print, variable sizes
The Red Guards performed on streets of Shanghai (Series: Red Times), 1976, giclee print, variable sizes
Corn harvest (Series: Red Times), 1968, giclee print, variable sizes
Price of a clothe (Series: Red Times), 1967, giclee print, variable sizes

Red Times

As a photographer of Xinhua News Agency, Zhang Yaxin’s 张雅心 (born in 1933 in Heishan) duty was to document everyday life and political events during a watershed in Chinese history: the Cultural Revolution (launched in 1966). Similarly to The Model Opera, his series Red Times unveils the establishement of the eight officially permitted model operas that became part of Chinese people’s cultural life during more than ten years. In addition to these theatrical visions, Zhang Yaxin depicted the peculiarities of everyday life in 60s-70s China, such as its colourful pro-communism demonstrations, and the strentgh of common endeavour among Chinese workers. While the main aim was to promote the idealistic revolutionary ideology, these photographs triggered codified aesthetic standards that had a profound impact among Chinese people up to nowadays.


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Model Opera

Model Opera

 
tags: Red guards, Landscape photography
categories: Mao era
Tuesday 08.13.13
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