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Brief introduction of Foze's author

Zhang Wang, male, was born in Tiantai, Zhejiang, 1962. 1988 graduated from China Academy of Fine Arts and studied photography at Beijing Film Academy in 2000. Now living in Hangzhou, independent artist, international photography judge, Zhejiang senior title judge.

His photographic works have won many gold medals in domestic and international photography competitions. In 2005, he won the world's highest-level and largest Austrian international photography art exhibition champion; In 2006, he was invited to Europe as an international photography judge. His photographic works and artistic life have been introduced by international authoritative photography magazines such as German Photography and Photos, French European Times, Austrian Crown, People's Pictorial, People's China, China Photography, China Photography, China Photographer and New Weekly.

Zhang Wang's Buddhist photography works are unique and have a unique spiritual realm. Gao Qiao Miko, a famous Japanese photographer, commented on his works: "Mr. Zhang Wang's works give people a sense of space, distance and contrast, because he stands very high." Editor-in-chief of Photography World in Taiwan Province Province commented: "... Master Zhang Wang integrated Zen attainments into photography skills, and his expression of subject matter, aesthetics, light and shadow, and humanity exceeded the realm of superb."

In 2003, Mr. Chen Yonghong, a Singaporean who obtained a master's degree from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and a former official of the Commonwealth Treasury, was deeply influenced by Buddhist photography and literary works in Zhang Wang and decided to go to China to get a haircut and become a monk. In 2007, he was shaved in Tiantai Mountain, China, and became a monk for life.

Zhang Wang has many artistic pursuits: his book design works have won the Silver Award of the National Book Binding and Design Exhibition, the Overall Design Award of the East China Book Design Exhibition, and the two highest awards of Zhejiang Publicity Album Design. He won the first prize in the three book binding design competitions in Zhejiang Province in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and is the highest honor winner in the field of book binding design in Zhejiang Province in recent years. His published works won the Shu Ren Prize, the highest prize in Zhejiang publishing industry, and his literary works won the first prize in the National Poetry and Prose Competition. Up to now, Want Want has won more than 100 important cultural and artistic honors at home and abroad.

In May 2005, Wangwang was introduced as a special talent by Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, and in June of the same year, 1 1 was awarded the national senior title by the post evaluation department of Zhejiang Provincial People's Government. In September 2007, Want Want won the China Photography Award, the highest achievement award in China photography industry.