{"product_id":"wan-chaofan_huangpu-river_new","title":"Wan Chaofan, Yes, The River Knows - Huangpu River","description":"\u003ch3 data-end=\"174\" data-start=\"66\"\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wen Chao-fan's latest photo album: \"The River Knows Everything - Huangpu River\".\u003cbr data-end=\"97\" data-start=\"94\"\u003e This work is the second installment in a series following the previous work \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/wanchaofan_arakawa\" title=\"Exceptional Photographs of Wenzhou: The River Knows Everything - Arakawa (stairs press) – Bunfuku\" aria-label=\"宛超凡写真集　河はすべて知っているー荒川 (stairs press) – 文福\" data-original=\"https:\/\/bunbuku.live\/products\/wanchaofan_arakawa\"\u003e, \"The River Knows Everything - Arakawa,\"\u003c\/a\u003e which won the 44th Photo New Century Excellence Award in 2021, the 24th Jun Miki Award in 2023, and the 23rd Sagamihara Photography New Talent Encouragement Award.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"330\" data-start=\"176\"\u003e The previous work focused on the Arakawa River, the source of water that sustains Tokyo, where the author currently lives. In this sequel, the focus shifts to the Huangpu River, a major river flowing through Shanghai, China. The Huangpu River is a river of \"his own country\" for Weng, but it is not his hometown, as he is originally from Beijing. Therefore, he approached this river with a fresh perspective, maintaining a different distance from it than he did with the Arakawa River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"433\" data-start=\"332\"\u003e With the \"image of rivers\" cultivated along the Arakawa River as a backdrop, the artist explores the relationship between cities and rivers, comparing the two rivers and highlighting their differences. It embodies an attempt to discover people's activities through the rivers flowing through the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"505\" data-start=\"435\"\u003e A 6x17 medium format camera was used for the shooting. The wide field of view provided by the wide format captures the grandeur and complex expressions of the Huangpu River without fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"555\" data-start=\"507\"\u003e In this series of books that re-examines the relationship between cities and people through rivers, this book marks an important milestone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-content\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Title] The River Knows Everything - Huangpu River (Yes, The River Knows — Huangpu River)\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] STAIRS PRESS\u003cbr\u003e [Publication Date] October 1, 2025, Limited to 500 copies\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 84 pages\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approximately 37.4 x 17.4 x 1.9 cm,\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Thread-sewn binding \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e+\u003c\/span\u003e hardcover, hard case\u003cbr\u003e [Title Reading] Kawahasubeteshitteiru - Kouhokou\u003cbr\u003e [Author(s) \/ Editor(s)] Weng Chaofan \/ Author \u0026amp; Editor, Tang Yayi \/ Design, Gu Zheng \/ Text, John Sipher \/ English Translation, Wataru Wada \/ Japanese Translation\u003cbr\u003e [Printing] Shengda (Tianjin) Printing Co., Ltd., Chen Xu \/ Printing Director\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 978-4-908851-11-7 C072\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Brand new\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Slipcase\u003cbr\u003e [Published in]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibition] \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nij.nikon.com\/activity\/exhibition\/thegallery\/events\/2025\/20251007_ns.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Event Schedule - Nikon Salon: Extraordinary Photography Exhibition | Nikon\" aria-label=\"sに関するウェブページを見る\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eShinjuku Nikon Salon (Tokyo, scheduled for October 2025)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e Wǎn Cháofán (1991–)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBorn in 1991 in Gu'an County, Hebei Province, China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIn 2021, I completed my doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIn 2021,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eshe won the Excellence Award at the 44th Photo New Century for her work \"The River Knows Everything - Arakawa\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIn 2023, he won the 24th Jun Miki Award and the 23rd Sagamihara Photography New Talent Encouragement Award for \"The River Knows Everything - Arakawa\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Currently, I am a co-managing member of the Totem Pole Photo Gallery (Yotsuya, Tokyo).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePersonal Homepage:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca class=\"track_outbound\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanchaofan.com\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.wanchaofan.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"えんちょうはん｜宛超凡 \/ WAN Chaofan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43700023394346,"sku":null,"price":8800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/product-5865776.jpg?v=1774421613","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.live\/en\/products\/wan-chaofan_huangpu-river_new","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}