Hai Zhang

I was born in Kunming, China in 1976. In 2000, after my graduation of the college in Chongqing, I moved to the US. Since then, I have lived in Alabama, Miami, Washington, DC and New York City.

I am interested in photography as a vital tool to investigate the context whether alien or familiar. I am also interested in making photography books not for a presentation but an integral investigative process to examine the subjects and photography itself. I have been applying the permutation and variation in book making for my short and long term projects as well as subject matters.

Since 2012, I have had major exhibitions in France, New York, Turkey, Bangladesh and Russia. In 2013, I was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014, and my artist book "Unintended Homecoming" was shortlisted on the Kassel Photobook Dummy Awards 2014.

Currently, I commute between the US, China and Europe.