Preserved by a kind of benign neglect in the decades following Mao’s victory in 1949, Shanghai was directed to “catch up” in the 1990s.
Photo Essay: Shanghai/Lost Identity, by Victor Garrido
Shanghai, head of the Chinese Dragon, is in a frantic run towards fierce capitalism, especially noticeable in the boom in Shanghai’s building industry. Tons of buildings are raised – similar in height, colour and design – repetitive in their poor and simplistic design.
Video: Street photography, Shanghai, Ying Tang
A short video documentary on Ying Tang, the talented Shanghai-based street photographer featured in our most recent Invisible Interviews and Photo Essays.
Invisible Interview: Ying Tang
Shanghai-based Ying Tang works as a magazine photographer by day, and moonlights as a charismatic street photographer by night. Her work has been featured in the British Journal Of Photography and numerous other publications, and her Sakura Love Flickr page is a favourite amongst many adoring fans. In this exclusive Invisible Interview, she shares some insight into her beautiful work and what inspires them. To accompany the interview, Ying Tang has also compiled an exclusive essay of her choice photographs. Invisible Photographer Asia: Your street photography in Shanghai is one of the best and most unique we’ve seen, what inspires them? …
Invisible Interview: Tamara Voninski
Tamara Voninski is a founding member of Oculi, a collective of award-winning documentary photographers in Australia founded in 2000. Numerous of her photography projects have garnered recognition from the Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award over the years. Her photographs of Polynesia and Shanghai are sensitive and quirky, reflecting a wandering soul, and a curious eye behind the lens that captured them. Invisible Photographer Asia: Love your documentary photography, can you tell us more – What inspires them? Tamara Voninski: Inspiration to wander and raise the camera is like receiving moments of divine magic which unfold in front of the camera. My personal …