JJ Fatumai photo book by Jimmy Ming Shum

JJ x Joel Chung x Jimmy Ming Shum

On sale from 3rd August (available in PageOne and Basheer bookstore later)

JJ Fatumai Iは中国山東省の済南市出身の新人女性シンガー。

中国の少数民族でイスラム教徒をベースとするホイ族の両親の元で育てられた。

ここ１０年の間共産党である中国の多いなる変化は言うまでもない。

今まで閉ざされていた他国や異文化との交流は中国国民の人々に夢を持たせ始めた。

海外からの文化や思想の影響は新鮮であり、刺激を受ける人々は今まで想像もしていなかった新たな可能性を実感する様になる。

この本はあるポップシンガーの写真集だけではない。

JJの生活の中を覗きならがら彼女の故郷である中国、

そして出身地済南市の変わり行く社会と人々の生活を表す

貴重な一冊となっている。

JJ Fatumai is a young singer born in Jinan City located in the Shangdong province in China. Her parents belong to the Hui people, a Chinese ethnic group distinguished by their practice of Islam.

Since about 10 years ago, China is drastically developing and changing. It has been opening doors to foreign cultures and ideas which are allowing its people to have more freedom to go after their dreams as they are realizing vast opportunities which they have never known before.

This book is not merely a photobook of a Chinese pop singer. It is also a rare documentary of her home city Jinan and China.

Through this book, people can have a glance of JJ's life as well as getting a chance to view the face of the society and people of the morphing China.

Jimmy Ming Shum