Chinese Contemporary Artists

Ding Haochen

Ding Haochen is an artist working in the medium of photography. Ding was born in Guiyang, Guizhou in 1972 and currently lectures at Sichuan University. Engaged in photography for more than 30 years, Ding Haochen’s photographic works have been widely published in both China and internationally.
Ding Haochen initiated his career in photography in 1991 with a series on the with the Yi Ethnic Minority series based in Liangshan, Sichuan.
1994 – 1999: Completed the Experimental Light and Shade program at the College of Literature and Journalism of Sichuan University.
2003 – 2005: National Highway 318.
2010: Meditating in Angkor.
2011: Crossing Kenya.
2012 – 2013: Traveling West to America.
2013 – 2014: A Different Central America.
2014 – 2015: Romantic Oceania.
2015 – 2016: Chasing Lights.
2016 – 2017: South of the Himalaya.
2017 – 2018: Qiandongnan on the Bull’s Horn.
2019 – present: Observing Traces.

Featured Works

Northern Song Buddha Eroded by Flowing Water

108 cm x 83 cm, Printed on Acrylic Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Buddha Statue Eroded by Flowing Water

176 cm x 120 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Weathered Tang Dynasty Buddha Statue

120 cm x 90 cm, Printed on 
Aluminum Composite Panel Micro relief
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Wind-eroded Statue of Song Dynasty Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva

108 cm x 83 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Song Dynasty Buddha Statue with Lead Pigment Oxidized and Blackened

176 cm x 120 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Weathered Song Dynasty Guanyin Statue

176 cm x 120 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Song Dynasty Suigetsu Kannon Built into the Wall at the Former Site of Xinhua Bookstore

186 cm x 120 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Buddha Statue Eroded by Flowing Water

186 cm x 120 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Buddha Statue Eroded by Salt and Alkali

110 cm x 80 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate
Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Blind Mountain

244 cm x 122 cm, Printed on Aluminum Composite Panel, Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Moss-covered Song Dynasty Common Girl Statue

118 cm x 86 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate, Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Rock Formations Containing Cinnabar Seep into Song Dynasty Buddhist Statues

118 cm x 86 cm, Printed on Silver Cardboard, Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Buddhas in the Dense Forest

120 cm x 90 cm, Printed on Aluminum Plate, Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen

Song Dynasty Buddha Statue Damaged by Cultural Revolution Movement and Naturally Weathered

118 cm x 86 cm, Printed on Silver Cardboard, Photo Credit: Artist Ding Haochen