Zhang Zhengming: land, livelihoods and cultural memory
Zhang Zhengming’s competition feature follows a photographer who began working with a camera after a career in sport, education and journalism. His images connect deserts, pastoral movement, cultivated landscapes and community celebrations across several Chinese regions.
Profile published 14 January 2025. Portfolio capture dates range across 2023–2024. The wedding photograph is dated 23 July 2023 in its source image metadata; its article text gives the corresponding lunar-festival date.
Explore the imagesRural life, shared through culture.
The association introduced Zhang as a grand-prize recipient in the inaugural Quannongtai Cup. His approach combines preparation, local cultural knowledge and attention to fleeting light, with photography becoming a major part of his retirement.
The portfolio moves from Inner Mongolia’s desert lakes and poplar woodland to Guangxi’s karst villages and terraces, Xinjiang’s pastoral migration and a Miao festival in Guizhou. Each photograph keeps its source-identified place and date; the certificate portrait is presented separately.
The complete collection.
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Karst landscape and village fields, Baisha, Yangshuo, 24 July 2023.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFAZhang Zhengming pictured with his award certificate.
World Farmer AssociationDesert lake at sunset, Badain Jaran, Inner Mongolia, 15 October 2023.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFARainbow over the Tengger Desert, Inner Mongolia, 17 August 2024.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFARed Yao wedding and terraced scenery, Longsheng, Guangxi, July 2023.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFAPoplar woodland and morning herding, Ejina, Inner Mongolia, 15 October 2023.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFAPastoral migration, Fuhai County, Altay, Xinjiang, 6 June 2024.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFAMiao Sisters Festival procession, Taijiang, Guizhou, 21 April 2024.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFAA colourful lake in the Tengger Desert, Inner Mongolia, 17 August 2024.
Zhang Zhengming · via WFAContinue with the source.
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