Yang Yongliang is a young artist born in Shanghai who has a passion for traditional Chinese culture. At an early age he learned Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal carving. These traditional infuences can be seen in his work in which he combines the style of traditional Chinese ink painting and modern urban lanscape photography. His prints show the contradictions he sees between the modern and traditional culture in Shanghai. From a distance his prints appear as harmonious natural scenes but up close you see they are scenes of dark urbanization.

More of his work can be viewed on his website: www.yangyongliang.com