Chinese-Japanese couple promote contemporary photograpghy

Photographer Guo Yilin's experimental work that featured at the 2016 Three Shadows Photography Award and Exhibition. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Both the Dongcun Village and Liulitun series will be featured in the London show.

The exhibition will also display the latest works from his acclaimed Tsumari Story series, an ongoing project that is considered a turning point in his life.

The series were produced when he and Inri first participated in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in 2012. Among Japan's largest art events, the festival, which began in 2000, is held every three years.

When Lu first arrived in Niigata, the Japanese prefecture that hosts the festival, he was overwhelmed by the area's tranquility and people's intimacy with nature. It made him feel familiar as he had grown up in a village surrounded by mountains, but whose appearance has changed due to industrialization.

The artist couple and their three children modeled for the photos that merged with Niigata's scenic backdrop.

"I felt like I could talk to the land and the sky. The experience was a surprise gift for us."