Gu Zheng

Professor at the Fudan University School of Journalism, Shanghai (China)

Gu Zheng is a Professor at the School of Journalism at Fudan University. He received his doctorate degree from Osaka Prefecture University (now Osaka Metropolitan University) in 1998. In 2013, he was a jury member for the 56th World Press Photo competition. From 2017 to 2018, he was a Harvard-Yenching Visiting Scholar, and in 2019 he held the position of 9th Heinz Götze Distinguished Visiting Professor of Chinese Art History at Heidelberg University in Germany. He acted also as Art Director for the Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival from 2020 to 2022. Gu has curated numerous exhibitions of contemporary photography and art in China and abroad, and has published several books on the history of photography and modern art.

Portrait: © Sun Ruixiang