Erv
King

Awardee

Country

China (People's Republic of)

Erv King promotes indigenous rights through photography.

Themes
Indigenous rights
Free Expression / Civil Society
Disciplines
Film
Media / Journalism
Photography
Awards
SEED Award 2022
Supported by
Ing Yoe Tan

Profile

Erv King is a Tibetan photographer based in Chengdu and Shanghai. After half a decade of administration career in Southern African region, he moved to Spain and pursued photography. In 2019, the Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Art awarded him with scholarship for documentary photography studies, upon which completion he returned to his birthplace to document the changes that Tibetan Plateau is going through. His work focuses on the superimposition and metamorphosis of group identities under the scope of globalization and homogenization. Through his lens, Erv Kig hopes to add a local voice to the already complex archives of Tibetan representation.