RongRong&inri are a photographic duo who have worked together since 2000. RongRong was born in 1968 in Fujian Province, China. In the 1990s he photographed the experimental performance art of Beijing’s East Village and co-founded the photography magazine New Photo. inri was born in 1973 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She studied at the Nippon Photography Institute and worked in the photo department of The Asahi Shimbun before turning to personal work.
They met in Tokyo in 1999 and, without a common language, talked by tracing characters on each other’s palms. Their major works include In Fujisan, Japan, 2001, Liulitun, Beijing and Tsumari Story (2012 to 2014). In 2007 they founded Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, and in 2015 they opened a branch in Xiamen, where the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival takes place.
In our 2026 interview they spoke about the “third eye” that appears between them when they photograph together. “The camera reveals the blind spot between us,” they said.
