Notes on Xi Zhinong.

-He is a pioneer in wildlife photography in china, most material produced regarding china before him done using outside sources. He actually volunteered to be a wildlife photographer.
-Gave up a job working at China Central Television to get involved with wildlife conservation.
-Quote taken from english.cri.cn where he takes about how his childhood influenced his decision "I was brought up very close to nature. I kept ducks and sparrows as pets. I caught dragonfly's in the fields. There were many tall eucalyptuses around my school, and that's where owls always slept. The most beautiful part was night time, when only the twittering of birds could be heard, with an occasional wolf howl".
-Missed his home town in the countryside a great deal when he moved to the city of Kunming to begin his education. Found it hard to adapt to city life.
-China can be one of the most difficult places in the world to shot large wild animals in there natural habitat because they are always on the look out for humans and most run at the first sight or sound. Xi seems to thrive on this difficulty working hard to capture the photos he's after.
-Photographed the Black sub-nosed monkey in Yunnan, Golden sub-nosed monkey in Sichuan and the tonkin sun-nosed monkey in Guizhou. These are rare monkeys that can only be found in China.
- In 1992 the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Chinese started a project to protect these endanger primates, Xi worked as the photographer for the team of scientist sent to study them. Spent the next three years studying them.
-Says taking photos of world around us helps the human race better understand other living creatures and this understanding is the root of compassion and love.
-He's also an avid environmentalist, doesn't have air conditioning in his home, doesn't own a car rides a bike everywhere and if out to eat takes his own chopsticks to save using disposable ones.

Not a great deal of his work available online more research need.