Wang Fuchun ( Chinese: 王福春; 1943–2021) was a Chinese photographer and railway worker.
In 1963, he trained as an engine driver in Suihua and, after working in a variety of roles on the railway, became a photographer in 1984. [1]
He specialised in taking pictures of people on trains and these were collected in Chinese on the Train in 2001. [2] He took thousands of train journeys, covering over 100,000 kilometers and took over 200,000 photographs with his Seagull camera. [3] He kept the rolls of film which took up most of the space in his home. [3]
In 1996, he won the Golden Statue of the China Photographers Association – the premier award for individual photography in China. [4] [5] In 2004, he won an award as "Outstanding Chinese photographer" at the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In 2014, he was listed as one of the most influential photographers by Invisible Photographer Asia. [3] In 2019, his photographs were exhibited at the National Railway Museum in York. [1]
Wang Fuchun died from an undisclosed illness on March 13, 2021. [5]
Wang Fuchun ( Chinese: 王福春; 1943–2021) was a Chinese photographer and railway worker.
In 1963, he trained as an engine driver in Suihua and, after working in a variety of roles on the railway, became a photographer in 1984. [1]
He specialised in taking pictures of people on trains and these were collected in Chinese on the Train in 2001. [2] He took thousands of train journeys, covering over 100,000 kilometers and took over 200,000 photographs with his Seagull camera. [3] He kept the rolls of film which took up most of the space in his home. [3]
In 1996, he won the Golden Statue of the China Photographers Association – the premier award for individual photography in China. [4] [5] In 2004, he won an award as "Outstanding Chinese photographer" at the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In 2014, he was listed as one of the most influential photographers by Invisible Photographer Asia. [3] In 2019, his photographs were exhibited at the National Railway Museum in York. [1]
Wang Fuchun died from an undisclosed illness on March 13, 2021. [5]