Career
Self-taught in photography, Du has worked as a contract photographer for The New York Times since 2011, and has also been published in the International Herald Tribune, Time, and the Guardian. He is originally from Tancheng, Shandong, China, and is based in Beijing. Du was detained by Beijing authorities in June 2013 after releasing a feature-length documentary about the Masanjia Labor Camp.
On 1 June 2013, soon after the release of the book and the film, Du Bin was detained by state security agents in Beijing.
Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders called for his release. Du Bin was released on bail on 8 July 2013, but his freedom is tenuous.
He could still face formal charges for "picking quarrels and making trouble," and he expects that his movements will be monitored. The Chinese government has censored his name from Sina Weibo.
