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Chin-San Long 郎静山 pinyin Lang Jingshan
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1892
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Chin-San Long 郎静山 ( 1892 - 1995 ) was born on August 4, in the small town of Chingo
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( later called Huai'an ), in Jiangsu Province, China.
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His family is native of Lanxi, in Zhejiang Province.
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1904
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He learned photography thanks to his military father who brought him photographs
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from his travels and made him give lessons at the age of twelve.
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1908
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He studied painting and photography in a school of Shanghai.
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1928 / 1937 |
He entered the Eastern Times as a photo journalist, and joined the first Photography
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Association in China.
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1930
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He taught photography lessons at Songjiang Girls Secondary School in Shanghai.
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A pioneer of photography, he published the first album of photographs of nudes,
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and presented his works in two exhibitions at the Royal Photographic Society and
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in the premises of the Eastern Times.
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1938
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Publication of his book : Techniques of Composite pictures, on the development
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of composite photos, his own technique.
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1949
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He settled in Taiwan.
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1953
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He was appointed Director of the Photography Association of China.
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He continued his career as a teacher of photography, at the Taiwan Academy of Arts
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and presented his works in individual exhibitions and photographic fairs around
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the world.
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1968
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He visited the Kodak factories in the United States.
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1980
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He was cited as one of the top 10 photographers by the Photographic Association
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of America.
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1981
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13.05 06.06 Chin-San Long exhibition Musée Galerie de la Seita France
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The same year he was the guest of honor of the International Rencontres Internationales d'Arles
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1983
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01.04 31.04 Chin San Long exhibition Galerie du Château d'eau Toulouse France
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A great retrospective was hold in Sydney, Australia.
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1995
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On April 13, he passed away at the age of 104, in Taipei Taiwan. |
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Since his death, a Chin-San Long Prize is awarded annually by the Association of Chinese
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artistic photographers and exhibitions dedicated to him..
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2004/2005
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exhibitions in Munich and Kiel, Germany. |
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2005
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The Hidden Glamour : Chin-San Long The Visual Arts Center Taipei Taiwan.
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2008
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18.04 25.05 Beauty Of All Times : memorial exhibition National Museum of History Taipei Taiwan |
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2013
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11.10 30.10 Distant Melody from quiet Mountains National Art Museum Of China. |
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The artist's daughter donated 134 works to the N.A.M.O.C.
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Danièle Sicard
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Chin-San Long 郎静山 - Meditation - 1928
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Chin-San Long 郎静山 - Mooring in the Misty River at Night - 1937
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