Photo by Jacques Langevin / Sygma
Negative Year: 1985 (printed year: 1985)
Print size: 20x29.8 cm
Style: Vintage print / gelatin silber print
Story documentation on the verso
The Backstory:
Chang Chong-Chen is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Although Chang and Tintin only know each other for a short time, they form a deep bond which drives them to tears when they separate or are re-united.
Chang was based on the Chinese artist Zhang Chongren, a real friend of Hergé's. He was the inspiration for the character of Chang in the Tintin books "The Blue Lotus" and "Tintin in Tibet".
Tintin in Tibet was perhaps Hergé's most deeply personal work. When he wrote it, he had not seen the real-life Zhang for several decades. Later, in 1981, the French media managed to find Zhang in China and arrange a trip to Europe for a reunion with Hergé. In 1985, Zhang received French citizenship and settled in Paris to teach, where he died in 1998.
Mr Chang, Brussels, 1985 - The Adventures of Tintin
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