Lu Guang (photographer)

Lu Guang (Chinese: 卢广; Traditional: 盧廣; born 1961) is a Chinese independent photojournalist. His work consists of large documentary projects on social, environmental, and economic issues, exposing the lives of "people on the margins of Chinese society: coal miners, drug addicts, HIV patients." His stories on pollution and environmental destruction cover topics traditionally under-reported due to the risk of punishment by the Chinese government.

He has received three World Press Photo awards, the Henri Nannen Prize for photojournalism, the W. Eugene Smith Grant, a photography grant from the National Geographic, and the Prince Claus Award.

Lu is based in New York City, the first Chinese photographer to be invited by the U.S. State Department as a visiting scholar, and Beijing. In early November 2018, whilst travelling in Xinjiang, he was taken away by state security agents. He was released in 2019.

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