Nadav Kander photographs China along the Yangtze River in his series, “Yangtze– The Long River.”

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This Is What Asia’s Longest River Looks Like

At nearly 4,000 miles from mouth to source, China’s Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world. Its banks are home…

via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/08/24/nadav_kander_photographs_china_along_the_yangtze_river_in_his_series_yangtze.html

In 2006, London-based Nadav Kander came to China with a desire to witness a country “that feels both at the beginning of a new era and at odds with itself,” one that’s growing at “a relentless pace.” He chose to follow the Yangtze not because of an interest in the river, per se, but rather “an interest in confining myself to a pathway through China that had meaning.”