Steve Zhao is a physics major who studied professional photography in New York in the late 1980s and established his own photography technology research center. A legend in the photography world, he is a maverick who rarely collaborates with media. However, his long list of sponsors includes Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, as well as governments of various countries. His shooting content is extensive and unique, and full of humanistic care. He is the founder of China Story. His footprints are all over Europe, the Americas, China, and Japan, showing his keen observation and tireless spirit of searching. Nikon cameras once invited him to speak for high-end professional cameras around the world.
He has a soft spot for portrait photography and is known as a catcher of souls. In his most famous project, the Terracotta Warriors, he brought his photographic skills to the extreme, vividly recreating those vivid human figures that were made 2,200 years ago. However, his interest did not stop at the photographic level. Through his research on the images of the Terracotta Warriors, he was the first to put forward the thesis "Terracotta Warriors ¨C The First Wonder of the World" based on the creative theory of people photography.
As a photographer and photographic technology expert, he has published more than 20 photographic works to date, and has held special photography exhibitions in many important institutions such as the EU headquarters and the European Parliament. His works and picture albums have become classics collected and gifted by dignitaries from all over the world. He is both a participant in the photography industry and a rule-maker. His research on ¡°The limited objectivity of photography¡± will play an important role in the reconstruction of photography values.