Photography exhibit about Chinese culture
Exhibit in NYC that explores how much China is changing:
"What does a makeover of 5,000 years of culture feel like? Ask China, because that's what's happening there. Ancient cities are coming down; new ones are going up. Urban markets are spilling over with Western-style products. To a sizable segment of a youth-heavy population, the Cultural Revolution is a phantom, the tragedy of Tiananmen Square, yesterday's inexplicable news.
Such developments may register only casually on Western attention. But the reality is that as China is transformed, the rest of the world will be transformed. The effects may be slow to unfold, even for China's still predominantly agricultural society, but they will be profound. You can bank on that. "
Some beautiful photos are posted on the International Center of Photography's site. Here. And here.
"What does a makeover of 5,000 years of culture feel like? Ask China, because that's what's happening there. Ancient cities are coming down; new ones are going up. Urban markets are spilling over with Western-style products. To a sizable segment of a youth-heavy population, the Cultural Revolution is a phantom, the tragedy of Tiananmen Square, yesterday's inexplicable news.
Such developments may register only casually on Western attention. But the reality is that as China is transformed, the rest of the world will be transformed. The effects may be slow to unfold, even for China's still predominantly agricultural society, but they will be profound. You can bank on that. "
Some beautiful photos are posted on the International Center of Photography's site. Here. And here.
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