Rian Dundon “Fan”
“What’s especially striking about Dundon’s series is that it documents the success of a huge, highly manipulated campaign to create an idol for China’s citizens; it records the molding of a figure to such a level of fame that Fan’s life seems like nothing but a spectacle to be enjoyed by all.” –Claire Voon
Rian Dundon is a photographer and editor living in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Changsha (Emphasis) and Fan (Modes Vu), and is a partner photographer at the Keystone picture agency. Rian’s work has appeared in Mother Jones, The New York Times, Boom: A Journal of California, The California Sunday Magazine, and Newsweek, among other publications. A former contributor to New America Media, Rian previously served as an editor at Timeline and Raw View Magazine. In 2019 he is a contributing editor at the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
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