Ai Weiwei: Beijing Photographs 1993 2003 Category_Medium Format Lenses The Laughter and the Camera Lens Mount_Leica SL The Laughter and the Camera presents the birth of photography and its victory march through the 19th century from a previously little considered perspective: laughter in the new medium and even resisting Ai Weiwei's critiques of China's repressive regime have ranged from playful photographs of his raised middle finger in front of Tiananmen Square to searing memorials to the more than 5 000 photographs taken by Ai: a narrative arc carefully shaped by an artist keenly aware of photography's ability to tell stories