Danwen Xing was born in 1967 in Xi'an, at the beginning of the cultural revolution. In 1989, she moved to Beijing to study at the Central Academy of Fine Art and soon found herself immersed in the city's infamous underground art scene. Using her camera as an extension of her own memory, she began to document it, recording both her surroundings and an impression of herself. The 1990s were a transforming moment for the Chinese art scene: artists who worked as painters suddenly took off their clothes and performed naked in public. They revolutionized traditional Chinese art, searching forever more radical ways of expression. As Xing explains, "Conceptually, my idea was to create a body of work on the generation born in the 1960s, which is about, and related to, myself. Many of the photographs were taken because the artist invited me personally to document their action; and others were photographed for European magazine publications.... Wo-Men is two separate Chinese characters. 'Wo' means 'I' and 'Men' means 'We. ' So this book is about the artists and me. " The more than 250 photographs presented here tell the story of Xing's participation in the underground art scene and explore a generation born in 1960s China. In an accompanying essay, the photographer tells of her own personal explorations and struggles at the time, and describes the artists around her, sharing their lives, social situation, and political background. "Wo-Men: A Personal Diary of Chinese Avant-Garde in the 1990s won the best publishing project award at the 2003 Arles International Photo Festival.