Photography: The Web for the Future

25-28 April 2023, Yilei Wang, represeting Northing and Kinakaal, travelled to Shanghai and participated in the 8th PhotoFairs Shanghai as planned. It is a full-scale extension of our previous appearance in Shanghai at the abC Shanghai Art Book Fair. We kept the title of the exhibition series - Photography: The Web for the Future, which comes from an online conversation between two celebrated photographers, Tonje Bøe Birkeland from Bergen and Maleonn Ma from Shanghai. This time the collection of Norwegian photobooks was extended to 45 titles from 10 different publishers. The exhibition was also set up differently from the previous one to adapt to the exhibition room we were assigned, which is much bigger. But the general concept of photo books placing on a virtual web, that connects different places as well as past, present and future, was kept and implemented within limited timefram and material resources. The photo books we selected together with the organiser of Fotobookfestival Oslo represented a wide range of thematics and expressions that showcased the creative energy in the Norwegian free photography scene.