China Week: Wenjie Yang: Last Summer

Guest Editor Photographer Pixy Liao shares a week of comtemporary Chinese photographers… Wenjie Yang is a photographer currently based in Shanghai where she born and raised. In 2010, Wenjie graduated from the International Center of Photography and rece

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I know because it’s happened in my city, it’s my story. I grew up in Shanghai during a period of profound change. Old-street level neighborhoods were being consumed by endless high-rise buildings, changing the landscape and a way of life forever. Today, only a heavy dust in the air remains of most of these communities.