Song Chao

Photographer

Oct. 1979,Born in Shandong Province, China. Oct. 2001,Began to photograph（"miners" project） July. 2009,Graduated from Beijing Film Academy. Now works and lives in Beijing as a professional photographer. Selected Exhibitions: 2002：“Miners”Solo Exhibition，Popular Photography Gallery, Beijing 2003：34th Rencontres d'Arles International Photography Festival, Arles, France. Solo Exhibition,798 Photography Gallery, Beijing the 3th Pingyao International Photography Festival; 2004：“Croisement(s), MK2 Bibliothèque”, Paris, France. 2005："ReGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow " at Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland 2007：Photo Gallery International, Tokyo 2010：Photography from China and the Netherlands exhibition of the WATW “We Are the World” at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing｜Dutch Culture Centre, Shanghai 2011：“Gueules Noires, Mineurs Du Monde”, Centre Minier de Faymoreau, France. 2012：“Back and Forth”, Galerie Paris Beijing, Paris, France. 2014：Michael & Barbara Dennos Museum Center, Michigan, USA 2016：“Grain to Pixel – A Story of Photography in China”Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai ｜Monash Gallery of Art, Australia 2018："Coal + Ice" Photography Exhibition by Asia Society Center, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco 2019：“TRANSCEND THE DOCUMENTARY”,Lanzhou International Image Biennale,China. The works have been collected by the Musée de l’Elysée, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai Center of Photography，Réattu Museum and other institutions.