A hard cover book, 26cm x 26cm, 204 pages of around 200 photos, of African people portrait by Xiaoyi Chen.
Chen Xiaoyi is a Licentiate member of the Royal Photographic Society of the United Kingdom (LRPS), an Associate member of the Photographic Society of South Africa (APSSA), and a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA). She won a gold medal in the 2019 Toronto International Photography cup of Canada and was awarded the Photographer of the Year in the 2017 Annual Sandton Photographic Society photo competition.
Ms Chen's husband is an international photographer, an international judge, and also her photography mentor. From 2015 to 2019, they lived on and off in South Africa.
They had many opportunities to meet and get in touch with South Africans of various ethnic groups. Under the inspiration and encouragement of her husband, Ms. Chen started to document the lives of ordinary South Africans with her camera. In the beginning, she was attracted by their beautiful hairstyles in various shapes and colours. Over time she attended model shows, exhibitions of hair and beauty products and even wedding banquets. SheI also photographed the people at work in supermarkets and shopping malls. They went to some pedestrian streets and art villages in Johannesburg. They also visit rural villages to photograph the people living there.
ISBN: 978-988-75838-6-8