© Liu Heung Shing
Currently not on view
Three Youths in Simao, Yunnan Province,
1981, printed 2002
Liu Heung Shing 劉香成, born 1951, Hong Kong; active Shanghai, China
2002-305
Born to mainland parents living in Hong Kong, Liu was educated in China and Hong Kong before studying political science and journalism at Hunter College, New York. After graduation he worked for Time magazine in China, where he covered the death of Mao Zedong as well as the trial of Jiang Qing. His 1989 photographs of the Tiananmen Square incident won Picture of the Year, and in 1992 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for covering the collapse of the Soviet Union. Three Youths was taken at the end of the Mao era, and the presence of the photographer reflected in the youths' glasses challenges the audience to ask—who is watching whom?
Information
Title
Three Youths in Simao, Yunnan Province
Dates
1981, printed 2002
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 37.5 x 55.8 cm (14 3/4 x 21 15/16 in.)
sheet: 50.5 x 60.9 cm (19 7/8 x 24 in.)
frame: 61.5 × 71.8 × 3 cm (24 3/16 × 28 1/4 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
Object Number
2002-305
Place Made
Asia, China, Simao
Inscription
Titled, dated, and editioned in ink, lower left: Three Youths in Simao, Yunnan 1981. 47//50
Signed in ink, lower right: 8,2000 [signature in Chinese]
Culture
Techniques
Subject
Acquired from China Avante Garde, Inc. NYC
