Li Zhensheng (photojournalist)

Li Zhensheng (Chinese: 李振盛; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènshèng; 22 September 1940 – 23 June 2020) was a Chinese photojournalist. He captured some of the most telling images from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known as the Chinese Cultural Revolution.^[1] Li was born in Dalian. He was known for working with Heilongjiang Daily.

A private museum, dedicated to Li's life and work, was opened in 2017 in Sichuan Province as a part of the Jianchuan Museum Cluster.^[2]

Li died on 23 June 2020 from a cerebral hemorrhage in Long Island, New York, aged 79.^[3]

References

↑ "New China, the big picture". People's Daily. 22 December 2008. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6558840.html. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
↑ Qin, Amy (2019-01-01). "A Photographer's Quest to Reverse China's Historical Amnesia" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/world/asia/china-cultural-revolution-photography.html. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
↑ Kuo, Lily (23 June 2020). Li Zhensheng, photographer of China's Cultural Revolution, dies. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/li-zhensheng-who-photographed-china-cultural-revolution-dies. Retrieved 2020-06-23.

[1] "New China, the big picture". People's Daily. 22 December 2008. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6558840.html. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

[2] Qin, Amy (2019-01-01). "A Photographer's Quest to Reverse China's Historical Amnesia" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/world/asia/china-cultural-revolution-photography.html. Retrieved 2019-07-05.

[3] Kuo, Lily (23 June 2020). Li Zhensheng, photographer of China's Cultural Revolution, dies. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/li-zhensheng-who-photographed-china-cultural-revolution-dies. Retrieved 2020-06-23.

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