Daniel FengPhotographer + FilmmakerShanghai / CN

Selected Work

Photography
collections.

Humanity collection cover
47 photographs

Humanity

Humanity01 / 06
Street Photography collection cover
31 photographs

Street Photography

Street Photography02 / 06
School Life collection cover
61 photographs

School Life

School Life03 / 06
City & Landscape collection cover
18 photographs

City & Landscape

City & Landscape04 / 06
In Motion collection cover
13 photographs

In Motion

In Motion05 / 06
Aviation collection cover
8 photographs

Aviation

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A place I return to

Gannan, Gansu · China
A small figure crosses the grassland beneath layered hills in Gannan

Gannan.

Enter this place

Where my family comes from.
Where I am learning to look closer.

Photographs, films & a continuing return

Long-form narrative

Photo essay

Two stories · Two places
Unfurling Faith photo essay cover showing a thangka unfurled on a snowy hillside in Gannan
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Gannan · China

Unfurling Faith

A winter Buddha displaying ceremony, observed between snowfall, sunlight and thousands of watching eyes.

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A Few Blocks Apart photo essay cover, looking toward Chinatown through a fence
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Manhattan · New York City

A Few Blocks Apart

Between Manhattan's courthouses and Chinatown, two different rhythms of life unfold side by side.

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In a shared space

Exhibitions

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01Installation view of Above the Plateau in a sunlit circular gallery.

18 September — 14 October 2026

Above the Plateau

Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy · Shanghai, China

Motion

Film + video

Suonan Mucairang shading his eyes and looking up at the sky, a still from WITHIN REACHWatch film Play ↗
Documentary / 2026 / 10:34

WITHIN
REACH

A portrait of Suonan Mucairang, between family life in Gannan and work at Xiahe Airport, with a wish to fly one day.

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RETURN film poster: a student in a blue corridor, red title, directed by Daniel Feng, 2026.5.31Watch film Play ↗
Motion archive / Short film 01

A school-set short film about pressure, repetition and the chance to begin again.

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