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1924
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Hou Bo 侯波 (1924 - 2017), known as the red wall photographer,
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was born in Xiaxian, Shanxi Province China. |
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1938
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She fled her village for Yan'an, and joined the Communist Party.
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1942
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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
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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
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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: |
2003
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05.07 12.10 Hou Bo & Xu Xiaobing , photographes de Mao Zedong. |
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2017
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She passed away on November 26, at the age of 93. |
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Daniele Sicard |
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Xu Xiaobing 徐肖冰, Hou Bo 侯波 and Mao Zedong 毛泽东 - Photography 1949
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Hou Bo 侯波 - Mao Zedong 毛泽东 - Photography
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Hou Bo 侯波 - Mao Zedong 毛泽东 - Photography
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