PRELUDE
PRELUDE
" Documented over a decade along Beijing’s historical axis,this project traces the profound friction between imperial monumentality and fleeting, everyday realities—transient dwellings, disappearing hutongs, and the migrant lives quietly pushed to the city's margins amidst ceaseless urban expansion. "
" Documented over a decade along Beijing’s historical axis,this project traces the profound friction between imperial monumentality and fleeting, everyday realities—transient dwellings, disappearing hutongs, and the migrant lives quietly pushed to the city's margins amidst ceaseless urban expansion. "
An unfinished concrete tower stands stalled in the haze outside Tianjin, photographed from the train en route back to Beijing.
An unfinished concrete tower stands stalled in the haze outside Tianjin, photographed from the train en route back to Beijing.
Midday traffic flowing along the inner ring road, bordered by aging residential blocks and commercial developments.
Midday traffic flowing along the inner ring road, bordered by aging residential blocks and commercial developments.
Vendors selling second-hand goods, vintage oddities, and salvage items prior to the market's partial clearance.
Vendors selling second-hand goods, vintage oddities, and salvage items prior to the market's partial clearance.
A vendor waits for buyers behind a row of worn objects displayed directly on the ground.
A vendor waits for buyers behind a row of worn objects displayed directly on the ground.
A shirtless man holding a large beer bottle and wearing a cross necklace.
A shirtless man holding a large beer bottle and wearing a cross necklace.
A commuter yawning while standing by the curb on a humid afternoon.
A commuter yawning while standing by the curb on a humid afternoon.
A patrol guard walks down a narrow hutong lane, watching passersby entering the residential courtyard area.
A patrol guard walks down a narrow hutong lane, watching passersby entering the residential courtyard area.
Low-rise brick buildings and overhead utility wiring in a migrant neighborhood marked for urban renewal.
Low-rise brick buildings and overhead utility wiring in a migrant neighborhood marked for urban renewal.
A discarded mattress left against a brick wall scrawled with the handwritten curse: “May your whole family die.”
A discarded mattress left against a brick wall scrawled with the handwritten curse: “May your whole family die.”
A boy looking up at the camera while an adult stands beside him.
A boy looking up at the camera while an adult stands beside him.
At a hutong entrance, a waiting man holding a newspaper.
At a hutong entrance, a waiting man holding a newspaper.
A shirtless man displays a silver bracelet.
A shirtless man displays a silver bracelet.
Bed sheets hang out to dry along the pavement, as a passerby wearing dark trousers and leather shoes walks briskly past in the upper right.
Bed sheets hang out to dry along the pavement, as a passerby wearing dark trousers and leather shoes walks briskly past in the upper right.
Sleeper on a Bicycle, Delivery Boy Passing.
Sleeper on a Bicycle, Delivery Boy Passing.
A tailor working inside an open door; outside, a woman striding down the alley.
A tailor working inside an open door; outside, a woman striding down the alley.
An alley under renovation: a worker smoking on a tricycle and a hesitating woman.
An alley under renovation: a worker smoking on a tricycle and a hesitating woman.
An unfinished skyscraper with partially installed glass facade panels, viewed from below through a network of construction safety netting.
An unfinished skyscraper with partially installed glass facade panels, viewed from below through a network of construction safety netting.
A pedestrian walks past a metal fence, backed by an unfinished building.
A pedestrian walks past a metal fence, backed by an unfinished building.
Man Sleeping Under the Bridge
Man Sleeping Under the Bridge
Man Sleeping Under a Vehicle
Man Sleeping Under a Vehicle
A heavy dump truck speeding past
A heavy dump truck speeding past
In a narrow hutong, a woman dodges a speeding car.
In a narrow hutong, a woman dodges a speeding car.
Marked for Renovation
Marked for Renovation
An elderly man walking home through a demolished hutong
An elderly man walking home through a demolished hutong
An man walking home through a demolished hutong
An man walking home through a demolished hutong
Boy Jumping on an Abandoned Mattress
Boy Jumping on an Abandoned Mattress
Towers Shrouded in Heavy Smog
Towers Shrouded in Heavy Smog
A lone security booth stands beside surviving trees amid the ruins and dust-netted mounds of a demolished site.
A lone security booth stands beside surviving trees amid the ruins and dust-netted mounds of a demolished site.
A man staring out
A man staring out
The Coming of Another Storm
The Coming of Another Storm
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