Hou Bo
侯波
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1924 |
Hou Bo 侯波 (1924 - 2017), known as the red wall photographer, |
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1938 |
She fled her village for Yan'an, and joined the Communist Party. |
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1942 |
She met Xu Xiaobing ( 1915-2009 ) who communicated to her |
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his passion for photography. |
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The couple married the following year. |
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1949 |
Her photograph of Mao, proclaiming the People's Republic of China |
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was known throughout the world. |
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She became the official photographer of Mao Zedong and stayed |
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in the Zhongnanhai, in Beijing among the high dignitaries. |
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She took thousands of pictures of Mao Zedong, his family |
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and other leaders of the regime. |
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1961 |
Mao Zedong removed from power, she joined the Xinhua agency. |
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During the cultural revolution (1966/1976) she was sent for three |
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years in a reeducation camp. and rehabilitated seven years later. |
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Hou Bo and Xu Xiaobing participated in Rencontres d'Arles with the exhibition: |
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2003 |
05.07 12.10 Hou Bo & Xu Xiaobing , photographes de Mao Zedong. |
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2017 |
She passed away on November 26, at the age of 93. |
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