Xu Song is a senior photo editor at Tencent News.
In 2017, he launched a photography education program for left-behind children in mountainous areas of northern Shanxi province and southwestern Yunnan province. As the organizer as well as a teacher, he uses photography as an entry point to encourage children to express themselves. In December 2018, Xu Song curated an exhibition in Beijing of photography from his students.
Xu’s series “Summer Swimming Pools” was photographed in 2014, 2015, and 2016, and his series “White Shirts” was photographed in 2017 and 2018.
Xu graduated from Communication University of China.
