Sinostory 2011: Nanjing

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Written By John Rash

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Nanjing is my home away from home... or more simply put: my hometown in China. I was lucky enough to live in Nanjing from March-August 2010, as a student at Nanjing Normal University studying Mandarain Chinese and Chinese culture.  Each time I have returned to China I am drawn back to Nanjing, and each time I return to Nanjing it is an emotional homecoming.

The Nanjing Massacre Museum and Presidential Palace are both fantastic representations of Nanjing's history, and China's relationship with it's own past.  Our photo group had but 48 hours to tour this historically rich city, which is barely enouch to scratch the surface. 

 The photos here were all captured at the Presidential Palace on a chilly December day in 2011.

©2011 John 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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