{"id":1053495,"date":"2021-11-24T22:29:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T03:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1053495"},"modified":"2021-11-24T22:29:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T03:29:08","slug":"chinese-photographer-apologizes-to-china-vows-to-improve-ideology-over-racist-dior-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-photographer-apologizes-to-china-vows-to-improve-ideology-over-racist-dior-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Photographer Apologizes to China, Vows to &#039;Improve Ideology&#039; over &#039;Racist&#039; Dior Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-photographer-apologizes-to-china-vows-to-improve-ideology-over-racist-dior-image%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1053495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/imgonline-com-ua-FrameBlurred-XCVL7lQgCM3wEP-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Chinese photographer Chen Man <a href=\"https:\/\/supchina.com\/2021\/11\/23\/chinese-fashion-photographer-chen-man-apologizes-for-past-unthoughtful-work-amid-dior-controversy\/\">vowed<\/a> to \u201ceducate\u201d herself on Chinese history and improve her \u201cideologies\u201d on Tuesday in a blog post after the Chinese Communist Party declared a photograph of an Asian woman she shot for the French luxury fashion house Christian Dior racist.<\/p>\n<p>Communist Party media denounced the photo because the woman in it allegedly appeared \u201cdark-skinned\u201d and \u201csinister.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI will educate myself on Chinese history, attend more relevant events, and improve my ideologies. \u2026 I will continue to use the confident spirit of China\u2019s new era as a source of inspiration and strive to tell China\u2019s story right through my work,\u201d Chen, 41, wrote in a text <a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/1498522714\/L2PijfFHO?refer_flag=1001030103_\">statement<\/a> posted to her Weibo social media account on November 23. Weibo is marketed as \u201cChinese Twitter\u201d and is strictly censored by the Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was born and raised in China. I deeply love my country. As an artist, I\u2019m totally aware of my responsibility to document Chinese culture and showcase Chinese beauty through my work,\u201d Chen wrote on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1843575418994\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French fashion brand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dior?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dior<\/a> continued to face a lingering controversy on Chinese social media over a recent photo accused of smearing the image of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chinese?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chinese<\/a> women, with some Chinese netizens demanding an explanation from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dior<\/a> as well as the photographer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7KEiXVSEp\">https:\/\/t.co\/N7KEiXVSEp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0w05fnmF3B\">pic.twitter.com\/0w05fnmF3B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1461061741543141385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The photographer\u2019s statement included an apology to the Chinese public for her depiction of a Chinese woman in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1461061741543141385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1461061741543141385%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fasia%2F2021%2F11%2F19%2Fdior-pulls-chinese-photographers-work-after-communists-complain%2F\">photograph<\/a> for Dior. The image was displayed at a \u201cLady Dior\u201d fashion exhibition at Shanghai\u2019s West Bund Art Center starting on November 12 but was subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/19\/dior-pulls-chinese-photographers-work-after-communists-complain\/\">removed<\/a> by Dior around November 18 after it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/dior-draws-ire-in-china-with-photo-that-smears-asian-women\">sparked<\/a> a public backlash within China. The photo was allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239073.shtml\">deemed<\/a> inappropriate by an army of Chinese \u201cnetizens,\u201d or users of China\u2019s heavily censored internet, according to state-run Chinese news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe photo \u2026 shows a model with single eyelids and dark skin dressed in traditional Chinese clothing,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em>, which is operated by China\u2019s ruling Communist Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239265.shtml\">wrote<\/a> of Dior\u2019s image on November 18. The newspaper seemingly implied that the French fashion house had angered Chinese consumers by spotlighting the beauty of a Chinese woman with narrow eyes and a darker skin tone.<\/p>\n<p>This depiction failed to adhere to a traditional norm of Western brands promoting \u201ctypical standards of beauty in China, which are often characterized by fair skin and large eyes,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> argued. Rather than celebrating the diversification of beauty standards, the state propaganda outlet labeled it discrimination, despite the fact that the image\u2019s creator is Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese state-owned <em>Beijing Daily<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bjd.com.cn\/2021\/11\/16\/10005998.shtml\">published<\/a> an editorial on November 15 describing the model in Dior\u2019s photo as having a \u201cgloomy face\u201d and \u201csinister eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christian Dior responded to the CCP\u2019s criticism by pulling Chen\u2019s photo from both the Shanghai art exhibit and its online social media accounts on November 18. The French luxury brand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-59397737\">issued<\/a> a formal apology for the photo via its Weibo account on November 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDior, as always, respects the sentiments of the Chinese people. \u2026 If any errors happen, [Dior] must be open to receiving feedback and correct them in time,\u201d the fashion house wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Man, the artist responsible for Dior\u2019s controversial photo, \u201cis a well-known photographer in the Chinese fashion world,\u201d according to the BBC. \u201cShe has shot covers for top magazine titles and has photographed celebrities David Beckham and Fan Bingbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/celebrity\/article\/3156654\/meet-chen-man-fashion-photographer-who-just-sparked\">oversees<\/a> a major photography studio in Beijing which has \u201cproduced advertising campaigns for Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Adidas, Converse, Puma, Budweiser, Maybelline, Guess and more,\u201d according to the <em>South China Morning Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese photographer Chen Man vowed to \u201ceducate\u201d herself on Chinese history and improve her \u201cideologies\u201d on Tuesday in a blog post after the Chinese Communist Party declared a photograph of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}