Shanghai prepares for major photo event

Photofairs Shanghai, which was launched in 2014, has become an international platform for photography art in Asia and Pacific region.

The annual event, which received a total of more than 77,000 visitors -- collectors, artists, curators, gallerists and critics -- in its previous three editions, will run at the Shanghai ibition Center over Sept 8 to 10.

Participants from more than 14 countries and regions will exhibit in two major sections -- one where top galleries showcase modern and contemporary works, and the other for up-and-coming artists and institutions.

A third section at the fair will show experimental works.

A special exhibition will bring together several important private collections of photography, including ones by Shao Zhong, the founder of Modern Media; Wang Jinyuan, the chairwoman of Fosun Foundation and Zhou Dawei of C.C. Foundation.