Karamay by Yuan Jie

Cover of Karamay, designed by Qian Li
Courtesy of Ofpix

Ofpix, founded by the famous photography blogger Ren Yue, exposed its coming photo book Karamay (克拉美丽) by Yuan Jie, a Chinese emerging photographer, a native of Xinjiang. The book consists of portraits of Uyghurs, which was the result of the visits of more than 30 Uighur families living in Karamay, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

Yuan Jie talked about her project -

... the foremost intention of how this project comes from is to break the inherent mindsets towards Uyghur, reveal the fair and bright side of a community. It’s not only for the dignity of Uyghur but also the dignity of Han.

Thumbnails of some images in Karamay
Courtesy of Ofpix

Including English versions of its introduction and artist statement, the coming book would be, as far as we know, 40-paged, 6.93" x 9.84" (176cm x 250cm), signed, hand-numbered with edition 100, and priced around RMB100. It is open now for pre-orders.

To place a pre-order, email to ofpixcamp at gmail dot com with "Karamay" in the subject line.