http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/City-Scene xx http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/23/Chai-Dongxin-Rock-Documentarian <!--paging_filter--><p class="rtecenter"><img hspace="10" height="375" width="250" vspace="10" title="Chai Dongxin" src="/files/u153215/201111BJFChai_Dongxin_03_resize_Beijing.jpg" class="caption" /></p> <p class="rteleft">Chai Dongxin (柴东新) only takes photos of things that relate to rock. All the images hanging on the walls of Jiang Hu Liveshow Bar and Gulou 121 were captured by his camera. In June, when he held a solo exhibition at 798, nearly all the influential figures in the current rock scene showed up on opening night. It&rsquo;s hard to imagine that Chai first picked up a camera only six years ago.</p> <p class="rteleft"><strong>How did you get a solo exhibition?</strong><br /> A British magazine approached me. I was actually under a lot of pressure. Actually, we should not see it as a photo exhibition. It&rsquo;s more like a document of a period of time. I think photos covering five to six years is enough to tell the story of an adolescent period.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/23/Chai-Dongxin-Rock-Documentarian">read more</a></p> http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/23/Chai-Dongxin-Rock-Documentarian#comments Beijing Folk Beijing People City Scene Photography The Beijinger Magazine Michelle Dai Beijing People Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0800 thebeijinger 1332880 at http://www.thebeijinger.com