ARTIST: JIMMY LAM
PROJECT: CHRISTIANS IN CHINA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Lam has travelled extensively in China, gaining great access to many Protestant and Catholic open, official churches to document the faith of Christians in China. He saw a people of great faith, keen on reading the Bible and living out the teachings therein, and free to practise their faith openly. The open churches have grown very quickly, and it is estimated that there are about 80-million Christians in the country. Almost 200-million copies of the Bible have been officially printed in the country, with over 100-million having been distributed freely domestically. He thinks many outside the country have misunderstood what is going in Chinese churches, and he wants to share this point of view through his photographs with the larger audience outside the country.
ARTIST BIO
Based in Singapore, Lam travels extensively in Asia and beyond to document many communities and stories. He has won international awards including American Photography, International Photo Awards' Best of Show, Photolucidia Critical Mass, PDN/National Geographic, Paris Photo Award and US Independent Book Publishers' Ten Outstanding Books of the Year. His work can be found at Redux Pictures.
FIND HIM HERE:
IG: @jimmylamphotography
Bredun Edwards
James Hendrick (to come…)
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Jimmy Lam