About the Author

Adou (b. 1973, Mianyang, Sichuan Province) graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Sichuan Aba Normal College in 1995. He is the recipient of several important photography awards, including among others the Three Shadows Photography Award (2009) and the Japan MIO International Young Photographers Competition for his series "Public Buses & Chinese People" (2005). In 2007 Adou received an Honorable Mention at the World's 100 Young Photographers KLM Paul Huf Award in the Netherlands.