My name is Shumeng Ye and I'm a graphic design student from Helsinki. I was born in Kunming, China but I moved as a child to Germany and later to Finland.

Inspired by their unique and classic style, I took pictures of people wearing Warrior trainers in various areas of China in 2007. Now these pictures have been released as the Book of Warriors and each copy is accompanied by a pair of Warrior sneakers. Through my book, I hope to tell the story behind the shoes and I would like show a different side of China. Not the industrial and economical power, but the daily life of a country with its own distinctive sneaker culture.