By Qianli Xing

What is America like? What does Missouri mean to me?

In my photos, I try to record a parallel living of me with my little daughter. These fragmented images may look like a stream of consciousness, but they are closely related to the real life of a Chinese scholar in America.

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About the photographer

Dr. Qianli Xing
Email: georgexing@163.com or xingqianli70@gmail.com

Visiting scholar from China with his 4-year-old daughter
MU Asian Affairs Center

Ph.D. in art history, columnist
Communication University of Zhejiang, China

Books:

• “The Rajomon of Photography,” Zhejiang Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. (2020)
• “The Brief History of Chinese Photography,” Zhejiang Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. (2020)
• “TOULOUSE-LAUTREC,” Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House Co., Ltd. (2015)
• “Vincent van Gogh,” Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House Co., Ltd. (2014)
• “A Study on the Evolution of Confucius Images in China,” Shandong University Press (2013)