Chinese School Children 中国学生

Written By John Rash


（c)2008 John F Rash

（c)2008 John F Rash

Migrant children pay less than $3 per month to attend this school in China. Public education is not free in China, meaning that opportunities for study are few and far between for the children of migrants who have relocated to large cities such as Shanghai and Beijing. Although these cities offer their parents job opportunities, living conditions and wages are still very poor.

*RASHPHOTO will soon have limited posters for sale, which will benefit this school in Beijing, China. Please come back for your chance to own a limited print and contribute to the education of the children you see here.*

All images and words ©2006 Rash Photo / John F Rash.

John Rash

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Oxford, Mississippi. John earned his M.F.A. in Documentary and Experimental Art from Duke University and B.F.A. in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro, and now works as Assistant Professor of Film Production and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His documentary films and photographs often focus on topics of identity, counter-culture communities, social justice, and environment and have been shown in festivals and museums around the world. John has received multiple awards for his documentary works including the Soul of Southern Film Award from Indie Memphis Film Festival for Negro Terror, History+ Best Documentary Award from the North Carolina Museum of History for Our Movement Starts Here, and an Emmy nomination for his film about South Carolina-based photographer Sam Wang. John is also the founder of the Southern Punk Archive which aims to preserve the stories of DIY punk communities in the American South. In 2025, John was an Artist in Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a resident artist at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN in 2022.

https://www.johnrash.com
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