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Yueheng Duan | Award winning Yueheng Duan is one
of the Chinese most successful and well-known landscape photographers.
Originally from mainland China and educated at Chinese People's
University, he is now based at Toronto. He won numerous international
and national titles and is currently Ambassador of Fuji Hong Kong
North America's Landscape Scenic Studio. He landed in Canada in
2002.
In his over 30-year career,
Duan has established himself as a leading Chinese landscape photographer.
He has a varied portfolio of nature, architecture and landscape
photography, through digital, medium and large format photography.
His marvelous work has drawn the attention of world famous art
museums and galleries, such as the Montréal Museum of Fine
Arts. His sensibility of arts combines the beauty of nature with
the uniqueness of Chinese culture.
Acclaimed for the superb quality
of his printing, Duan is committed to the creation of outstanding
black-and-white photographs, both in silver prints and digital
prints. He is a magician of light and darkness. His works not
only open a window for Westerners, but also build a colourful
bridge connecting China with the world.
Duan's group exhibitions include:
2008, 2007, 2006 | Toronto Art Expo, Toronto
2007 | Gallery of the Cryptic Canvas, Toronto
2007 | Gallery of Soho Myriad, California
2007 | New York Art Expo, New York City
2007, 2006 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
2006 | Gallery of Ontario Chinese Artists Association, Toronto
2006 | Ontario Gallery of Chinese Arts, Toronto
2005 | Gallery of the Montréal Museum of Fine Art, Montréal
2004 | One of a Kind Show and Sale, Toronto
2003 | Gallery of China, Montréal
His awards and accomplishments
include:
2006 | Gold medalist, China UNESCO Photography Contest, Toronto
2006 | Nominated for the Distinguished Contribution Award at Chinese
Culture Exhibition, Toronto
2003-Present | Photograph consigner with Nature's Scene Art of
Trader for Canada International Art Exhibition
2002-Present | Ambassador of Fuji Hong Kong North America's Landscape
Scenic Studio
2001 | Bronze medalist, Ninth International Photographic Art Exhibition,
China
2000 | Nominated Chinese Artist in the World at First Chinese
and World Art Exhibition, China
1998 | Represented Chinese Photographer Association to attend
Photographer Exchange Event, United States
1997 | Silver medalist, Gaojian Cup Photography Contest at the
Third Chinese Photographic Art Exhibition, China
1995 | Nominated as one of the Top 10 Photographers of Hunan Province,
China
1993 | Gold medalist, Fuji Cup National Photography Contest, China
1993 | Nominated as one of the Top Ten Photographers of China,
China
1993 | Nominated as one of the Top 10 Photographers of Hunan Province,
China
1991 | Gold medalist, First Discovery Photographic Art Exhibition
of Hunan Province, China
1990 | Bronze Medallist, Chinese Advertising Photographic Exhibition
His prints have been developed
in the Canadian Foundation for the Preservation of Chinese Cultural
and Historical Treasures (2006) and the China Pictorial and the
World Chinese Art Exhibition Regional Committee (2001).
Duan's published articles and
other works include:
2008 | "Mountain, Water and Emotion", Seven Days, Montréal
2007 | "Yellow Stone Mountain", Today Daily, Toronto
2006 | "Chinese Landscape Photography", Globe and Mail,
Toronto
2005 | "St Laurent River", Canadian Life Weekly, Montréal
2004 | "Beautiful Tibet", Our Canada Magazine, Montréal
2004 | "Fly to Banff National Park", Sino Quebec, Montréal
2004 | "The Great Wall", World Journal Sunday Magazine,
Montréal
Yuehang Duan on Photograph
Developing
Duan develops black-and-white
film and processes and prints his black-and-white photos in studio
instead of sending them to a lab. Duan believes that quality and
control are most important things in printing processing: both
are diminished the moment if you let someone else process your
photographs. If you have the time and commitment, processing your
own work will give you an amazing amount of control--and creativity.
The high quality finished negatives (and the black and white prints
made from the negatives) depends on the care of artist's film
processing (as well as the proper exposure of the film when the
photographs were taken).
For more on Yuehang Duan's photography,
visit http://flickr.com/photos/yh-duan/
.
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