[A Portrait of China] by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer

Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 2850

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[«China» is a historical document of a country as its villages turn into cities; its cities into megacities. Shot before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the portraits present a diverse nation through its people: yak farmers, gynecologists, television personalities, village chiefs, singing gondoliers, prostitutes, aging revolutionaries, circus stars, bank employees, beggars and trash collectors].

Helene Zhao Linxi, Bank employee. Beidaihe, Hebei province. Helene loves to go to Beidaihe with her boyfriend to escape the heat of Beijing. It has long been a fashionable resort where party functionaries like to spend the whole summer. Nowadays the rising middle class are seen on the beaches too. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

[Chai] Ricardo Relucio Jr. Singing gondolier at the Venetian Macau, a casino and hotel in Macau. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Li Hui, Cotton Quality Control at Cotton Mill, Yuli, Xinjang. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Chen Liqin (22). Worker at a chili drying spot in the desert. Bulongji, Gansu. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Hao Han (8), Shaolin kung fu student and child actor. Shaolin Monastery, Henan. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Dai Huaiquan (62), Barber. Mengdingshan, Sichuan. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Liu Baozhu (25), Worker at textile factory. Nanshui, Guangdong. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Liu Tianyou (91). Oldest living participant of the [Long March] in a retirement home for revolutionaries. Yanan, Shaanxi. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Pachmu (48) with Ranmudja (5) (tibetan names). Tibetan Nomads. Qusina, Qinghai. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Sun Liping (28), Huang Kunhua (27) and Huang Jingxuan (4). Accountant (Sun), Administrator (Huang). One Child Family in the richest village of China. Huaxi, Jiangsu. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Wang Wei, 16,Truck mechanic. Xinmin, Liaoning. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Yin Ming Shan (70). President and Founder of Lifan Holdings, Car and Bike Factory, Chongqing. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

Xia Yang with horse Xiao Ji (40). President and Owner of Sunny Times Polo Club, Entrepreneur. Kangzhuang, Beijing. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

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