A photo by French photographer Valerie Belin is on display in Beijing, May 26, 2017. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A collection of photos taken by Valerie Belin, one of the best-known artists on the French contemporary art scene, are on show at the Three Shadows Photography Art Center in Caocangdi, an art hub in Beijing.

The Meta-clichés exhibition ranges from statuesque faces of models and shop-front mannequins that appear alive, to vintage cars that shine over time.

The exhibition, which will go to Shanghai after Beijing, is a retrospective of the photographs Belin created from 2007 to 2016.