Lang Jingshan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chinese photographer
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Place of Birth: Huaiyin District, Jiangsu, China
About Lang Jingshan
- Lang Jingshan (Chinese: ???; 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 history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography".
- He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937 and gained his Associateship in 1940 and Fellowship in 1942.
- and in 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers.
- He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created.
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