Mao in Focus

 

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Date: Jul 8 - Jul 12, 2009 9am-5pm

Venue: Shanghai Art Museum

At the age of 21, Lu Houmin was assigned to capture pictures of Chinese leaders in Zhongnanhai, including Chairman Mao Zedong. Later he became Mao’s private photographer for 12 years. Entitled“Mao Zedong in My Lens,”the ongoing exhibition displays some 100 of Mao’s photos taken by Lu.