Chinese “Nude Reporter” Wins Award
The People’s Republic of China isn’t a place renowned for civil liberties, however an artist there has won national and international acclaim for his nude self-portraits.
Ou Zhihang started his pet project 10 years ago, photographing himself nude doing push-ups in locations where newsworthy events had taken place. He did this despite the difficulty of getting naked in a public place that often had a heavy police presence. For example, just after the Tibet riots several years ago, Zhiyang traveled to the restricted area and took nude shots of himself in Lhasa. He also did the same after the Szechwan earthquake.
The 51 year old Canton-born “Nude reporter”,as he’s known, was recently given a World Press Photo award for his work. Not only that, but Zhihang is now working as a real television reporter in his native city.
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