‘Ebb and Flow’ is a photographic exhibition by renowned Chinese photographer, Qin Yuhai. The exhibition is presented by Beijing Fuhai Culture Development Co., Ltd., an organisation engaged in art and culture from Beijing, China. The exhibition features a world exclusive of new studies of water taken from the Chinese landscape over a period of many years. 

All images are based on Qin Yuhai’s long engagement and relationship with Mount Yuntai in central China’s Henan Province. The photographs, taken using a 10x8 camera, are an exploration of the nature and language of photography.

Qin Yuhai comments: “Water always fascinates me and tranquillity overcomes me each time I fix the lens of my camera on it. My sense of self and the world vanishes and in my mind’s eye water becomes alive. The photographs in this exhibition are abstract and they express my freedom from the real world. The beauty of water is beyond description. Ripples and waves are intended to present the freedom of water from any fixed shape or form. Photography is my immutable way of life and water is the subject of a lifelong artistic pursuit.” 

Qin Yuhai was born in 1953 in Tailai County, Heilongjiang Province in China. He has been taking photographs most of his life and has won many awards. This is his first exhibition in London. 

*image (left)
courtesy of the artist