"I was born alongside the Yellow River in central China, for which I have a lifetime love. With ardent love, I have used my camera to photograph so as to recall my childhood spent along the grand river and my dear fellow countrymen", Zhu said.

As an eminent photographer with a global reputation, Zhu focused his lens on the daily lives of ordinary people as early as the 1960s. French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson once praised him as "having eyes that can detect the truth in life." Zhu's works have been exhibited in museums and galleries in more than 10 countries outside China, such as Germany, the United States and France.

Another exhibition also underway at the China Cultural Center is photographer Yang Jianchuan's works, which features Yang's series on China's famous Huangshan Mountain and portraits from the traditional Kunqu Opera.

The two exhibitions will run until Jan 30.