Li Zhensheng (photojournalist)

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Li Zhensheng (Chinese: 李振盛; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènshèng; 22 September 1940 – 23 June 2020) was a Chinese photojournalist. He captured some of the most telling images from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known as the Chinese Cultural Revolution.[1] Li was born in Dalian. He was known for working with Heilongjiang Daily.

A private museum, dedicated to Li's life and work, was opened in 2017 in Sichuan Province as a part of the Jianchuan Museum Cluster.[2]

Li died on 23 June 2020 from a cerebral hemorrhage in Long Island, New York, aged 79.[3]

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  1. "New China, the big picture". People's Daily. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. Qin, Amy (2019-01-01). "A Photographer's Quest to Reverse China's Historical Amnesia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  3. Kuo, Lily (23 June 2020). "Li Zhensheng, photographer of China's Cultural Revolution, dies". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-23 – via www.theguardian.com.