Gu Zheng’s profile

Gu Zheng, male. Born in Shanghai in 1959, he is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Journalism at Fudan University, deputy director of the Visual Culture Research Center of Fudan University, and a researcher at the Information and Communication Center of Fudan University. In 1998, he graduated from the Graduate School of Human Culture, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, majoring in Comparative Cultural Studies, and received an academic doctorate. From 1991 to 1993, he studied at the Department of International Culture, Kobe University, Japan; in 2001, he visited the University of California, Berkeley. Specializes in photography theory and practice, photography history, and visual communication.

Because of his sharp and unique photography criticism, many people know about him; because he was the first to get involved in the field of photography historical materials, many people have listened to his classes and explained and shared many famous foreign photographers with those who are willing to listen. works. And the image of the main creator of the "North River League" 20 years ago has become something of a legend. After acting as the behind-the-scenes planner for countless other people's photography exhibitions, Gu Zheng finally re-edited his memories, dreams and reality in recent years, putting aside the photographer's scruples, or getting closer to his heart.

Other positions

He also serves as an editorial board member of the "Vision" series, "Artist Cafe", "Chinese Photography", "European Photography" (Berlin) and other publications.