Xiao Quan. When it all began

"In China. When it all began" is the first international volume on Xiao Quan, one of the most acclaimed contemporary photographer in China, known for being the witness of China opening to the world. Xiao Quan photographs represent a personal and fascinating documentation of China’s late 1980s and early 1990s drastic social change brought by Deng Xiaoping’s Reform and Open Up policy. Through an attentive selection of his most significant portraits of ordinary people and a group of emerging artists, the book aims at providing a comprehensive depiction of Xiao Quan’s generation, giving a new perspective on Chinese culture and society.