ARITIST  Li Fan

Li Fan is a Chinese photographer, Dean of Institute of Silk Road Photographic Art and professor at Shaanxi Normal University. In his youth, he was engaged in competitive sports and root carving art, and now devotes himself to the practice and education of photography. Over the years, he has won the China Photography Golden Statue Award, the gold medal of China National Photography Art Exhibition, the China National College Photography Education, the gold medal of the China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP), the Top Ten Chinese Portrait Photographers, and the first prize of the Professional Category of Sony World Photography Awards twice. From 2002 to 2022, he held more than 30 exhibitions in China and overseas. On April 13 (UK time) , WPO announced the overall winners in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2023 at a special gala ceremony in London, Li Fan won the Architecture & Design category for his series Cement Factory.

Each time I held up my camera, I would, with a sincere heart, solemnly and austerely search for “classic” humanistic images. For decades, I have been diligently searching for and capturing “classic” moments, in the hope that the images I leave behind may contribute to the cause of photography that I love so much.

——李泛Li Fan -->