Liu Xucang (; 1913–1966) was a photographer, born in Nanxun,

Huzhou Huzhou (, ; Huzhounese: ''ghou² cieu¹'') is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinc ...

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. Liu pioneered in the use of color film, photography of everyday objects, and nudes. He was twice elected secretary of the

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中国摄影家协会. He died in 1966, at the beginning of the

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Career as a photographer

Liu Xucang was born into an affluent provincial family, and learned German and English in his early years. From his teens, he pursued photography, picking up darkroom techniques from observing a nearby photography studio. He moved to Shanghai with his family, reading books and magazines about photography, attending photographic exhibitions, and became acquainted with the Shanghai photographer

Lang Jingshan Lang Jingshan (; 4 August 1892 – 13 April 1995), also romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the ...

. He did not study photography formally. In 1932, he collaborated with a friend to found the ''Art Life'' magazine, with himself as editor, to promote photographic art. He studied with

Zhang Chongren Zhang Chongren (27 September 1907 – 8 October 1998), also known as Chang Chong-jen, was a Chinese sculptor best remembered in Europe as a friend of Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. The two met ...

to learn drawing, water color, and oil painting. After 1945 he worked in commercial photography and the film industry. In 1956 the Photographic Society of China was established and Liu he was elected executive director. Starting in the 1930s, his work was exhibited in Europe and North America.

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External links

Liu Xucang Memorial
Nanxun.
The Liu Xucang 刘旭沧 Exhibition Hall
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