Deng Wei (born 13 April 1959) is a Chinese photographer, and a professor at Tsinghua University, China.[1]
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Deng Wei was born into an intellectual family. His grandfather Deng Xuecen was a famous traditional Chinese doctor. His father Deng Yuwen was graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University in Beijing, was an educator and cultural scholar. During Deng wei youth, he studied painting under the tutelage of Li Keran, painter and professor of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. and studied aesthetic theory under the tutelage of Zhu Guangqian, aesthetician and professor of Peking University. From 1978 to 1982, he studied at the Department of Photography in Beijing Film Academy. in 1982, he graduated with excellent grades and started to teach at Beijing Film Academy.
From 1978 to 1986, he finished the first celebrity portrait album Portrait Collections of Chinese Cultural Celebrity, which was published by the Joint Publishing Co. in Hong Kong, which was titled as "a Cultural Project for China", It filled the gap in Chinese celebrity portrait photography, and made pioneering contributions for the establishment and development of celebrity portrait branch in China.
From 1982 to 1990, he lectured in Beijing Film Academy, he taught the course "Photographic Composition" and "Portrait Photography", he published Sculpting in an Instant, the rules of Photographic Sculpting.
In 1985, he shot the film Sacrifice for Youth, which won the Hong Kong Film Awards, and France Dorset International Film Festival Special Jury Prize.
From 1990 to 2000, he finished world celebrity portrait shooting in five continents, he depicted hundreds of portraits in a unique perspective for world outstanding politicians, cultural figures, artists and scientists, and finished notes with millions words, which was praised as "Outstanding Contributions in Photographic History".
In 2004, he held a photographic exhibition titled "Portraits of Peace" in the United Nations Headquarters, it was aimed to promote peace, harmonious coexistence and collaborative development for human.
From2008- Professor, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University. Beijing, China.
Photography works are collected worldwide by a number of organizations such as The National Gallery, museums and libraries.