Luo DAN

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Born in 1968 in Chungking, near to the Three Gorges dam, today he lives in Chengdu, in Sezhuan.
Graduating from the Sezhuan Fine Art Institute in 1992, he worked as a photojournalist from 1997 on for Chinese magazines and newspaper (Chengdu Evening Paper, HuaXi City Paper). He won numerous national and local journalism prizes starting in 1998. In 2008, he presented the Route 318 project, which he followed with North South, finished in August 2008.

Personal Exhibitions


September 2005, On the Road », Pingyao Festival, China
2006, « Dress Up », San Francisco, USA
December 2006, « China Route 318 », Lianzhou International Festival of Photography, China
May 2007, « China Route 318 », Guangzhou Photo Biennial, China
October 2007, « China Route 318 », PhotoQuai - 1ère Biennale Des Images Du Monde, Paris
October 2007, « China Route 318 », Dangdai International Art Festival, Beijing
December 2008, « North South », Lianzhou International Photo Festival, China

Artist of the year / Gold Award, Lianzhou International Photo Festival, China, December 2008