Majestic Solitude,  1934

Rhythmic Vitality and Animation (VIII)

The boundless and majestic mountains are breathtaking and thus arise rhythmic vitality。

Long Chin-san rose to prominence in Shanghai as “China’s first photographer,” gaining high acclaim in the international photography world with the creation of the art of “composite picture in China.”

This picture is Mr. Long Chin-san’s first mature composite picture. Since 1934, it has toured internationally and was selected in 34 salon competitions.

Long Chin-san’s photographic artworks gained inspiration from the landscape paintings of the Northern Song dynasty and the light, elegant style of the Yuan dynasty, while pursuing the spirit of “rhythmic vitality”. He admired the “Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou,” (揚州八怪) delighting in the pursuit of novelty and variation and frequently devising new ways to express the spirit of classical Chinese painting. He adopted Xie He’s(謝赫) “Six Principles of Painting” as the foundation of his photography. With his wisdom in arts, he developed “composite picture”.