Liu Zheng 刘铮 (born in 1969, Hebei province, China) started his career in the 1990s as a photojournalist and has become a highly acclaimed artist in the world of Chinese photography. He studied Precision Instruments at the Department of Engineering Optics, Beijing Institute of Technology from 1987 to 1991. After working as a journalist at the Workers’ Daily Photography Department, he began presenting his works as an independent artist in Beijing. 

His practice spans documentary and conceptual photography, often addressing themes of identity, tradition, and transformation in Chinese society. In 1996, he founded an independent photography magazine to promote conceptual art photography in China. 

He has collaborated with institutions such as Steidl Press and Zhejiang Photography Press, and is the founder of the Butterfly Effect Art Institution.