Wang Wusheng, born in the province of Anhui, has been photographing the Yellow Mountains since 1974. He has contributed his work to books published in China, Japan, and Austria, and his photographs have been collected in and widely exhibited by museums and galleries, including the Museum of Chinese Art in Peking. He lives in Tokyo. Wu Hung was educated in China and earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University, where he was a professor. He is now a professor of Chinese art history at the University of Chicago and the director of the Center for the Art of East Asia. His books, including Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting, have received a number of important awards. Damian Harper lives in Shanghai and is the author of numerous books, among them National Geographic Traveler's China. Seigo Matsuoka, who lives in Tokyo, teaches at Tezukama University. He was the editor-in-chief of YU Magazine and has written many books and articles.
