Ye Ming

Ye Ming is a writer, photo editor, and photographer. She is a frequent contributor to TIME LightBox, TIME Magazine’s photography site, with a focus on the introduction of Asian photography. Her...
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Yan Cong

Yan Cong is an independent photographer based in Beijing, where she was born and raised. She focuses most of her long-term projects on women’s issues, rural China, and China’s relations with its...
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David M. Barreda

David Barreda is an editor of photos and visuals at First Look Media. He was the founding Visuals Editor at ChinaFile, a post he held through December 2016. He has more than 15 years of media...
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Being a photojournalist involves reacting to breaking news, a dedication to long-term projects, and everything in between. This month’s showcase of work by Chinese photographers published in Chinese media underscores this range of angles: from the immediate response to last week’s tornado disaster that destroyed parts of Jiangsu province, to the seasonal reports on the gaokao—China’s annual nationwide college entrance exam—and on yarsagumba—the extravagantly priced Chinese medicine made when a fungus infects a caterpillar, to Yan Changjiang’s and Li Zhensheng’s projects that date back decades.{chop}

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