A picture paints a thousand words Photo Beijing 2026 celebrates the power of photography to transcend borders while examining how AI is reshaping the medium, Wang Ru reports. By Wang Ru | China Daily | Updated: 2026-09-11 07:25

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202609/11/WS6aa33c73e4b06d4aa055d6d5.html A single image can bridge centuries and continents. That vision came to life on Saturday at Photo Beijing 2026, where photographers, artists, scholars, and industry professionals from China and abroad gathered at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, not simply to display photographs, but to spark conversations about where the medium has been and where it is heading.