Yang Yankang - why haven't I heard of him before?

[snusmumriken]

For once, YouTube pushed something at me that's genuinely worthwhile:

The Master Photographer You've Never Heard Of

There's also a webpage for Yankang on the Vu Agency website:

Yang Yankang

To me, these are really wonderful photos. The compositions and timing are superb. The series on buddhism in Tibet, in particular, is breathtakingly beautiful.

A comment under the YouTube video states that Yankang is actually well known inside China, but not so much outside. I've searched Photrio, and as far as I can tell, there has been no previous mention of him here.

 

[Willy T]

Thank you for the links - wonderful shots!

 

[Jbennett68]

These are great.

 

[Richard Man]

I was so impressed by his work that I bought two extra copies of the book The Reflection of Soul and a couple of his photographs. Amazing stuff. https://richardmanphoto.com/@Richard_Man/gallery_by_name?name=Books