Born in Kunming, Yunnan Province in 1954, Geng Yunsheng started to learn photography in 1990. He took part in a large-scale project by Cross Straits Photographers, " Viewing the Three Gorges" by Cross-Straits Photographers, an exhibit held by the Ministry of Culture and the Taiwan China Photographic Association. His well-known project " Wumeng Miners" has been exhibited at the Love of Millennium Works Exhibition in 2003, in Taiwan and at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in Shanxi Province. Geng recently was given the China Photography Award.