...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.

I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish of sand is a good metaphor because we have the Internet. We don't have to be physically united. You can be an individual and have your own set of values but join others in certain struggles. There is nothing more powerful than that.

The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself

The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.

In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.