Heavenly Station: Life Adventure of Aerial Photographer Zhao Qunli

Author: Zhu Yong
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book chronicles the legendary life experiences of the aviation photographer Zhao Qunli, praising his spirit as a television personality who faced difficulties and dared to explore. Young writer Zhu Yong conducted extensive interviews for this book and visited the actual locations where Zhao Qunli took aerial photographs, gathering many unknown and touching details. The book also includes aerial photography works taken by Zhao Qunli during his lifetime. Those colorful photographs, taken from the air to capture mountains, rivers, and rural homes, are extremely valuable.
Biography of Zhao Qunli: Zhao Qunli was formerly the Deputy Director of the Chinese Channel of Hong Kong Phoenix TV and a renowned aviation photographer in China. He had served as the aerial cinematographer for major documentaries such as CCTV's "Deng Xiaoping," "Long March: The Epic of Heroes," the Boao Forum in Asia, as well as Phoenix TV's "Europe: A Journey," "Millennium Journey," and "Crossing the Sand Line." On September 2, 2001, while on an aerial photography assignment for Phoenix TV's "Seeking the Vanishing Homeland," he tragically collided with high-voltage power lines while filming the ancient village of Nanxi River in Yongjiang, Zhejiang, and died on the spot.