http://www.creativesynthesis.net/blog/2007/07/11/calligraphy-and-the-camera/

The Photography of Don Hong-Oai. Born in Vietnam in 1929 he died in the U.S. in 2004. I was given a calander last year of his work primarily done in China. Here is a link (you need to scroll down a bit to get to the text). This is so pure it breaks your heart.