Images of China

[Dennis143]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/forum/2007-03/28...ent_5905783.htm

 

Another member sent me this site (don't know why he didn't post it himself). Anyway, he tells me that his wife ,who came from the upper crust of Chinese society and who is now championing for a better life for rural Chinese, showed him this site. She says that these picture depict what life is really like for those at the bottom rung in Chinese society.

[chilton747]

I have a picture for you if I can figure out how to post it. It is a picture of the house that my SO grew up in. She grew up in rural China.

[yuan fen]

Lao po grew up in a farming community. The stories of her childhood are very graphic, similar to some of the pictures here. No shoes, minimal clothes, denied food, and expected to work.

 

I have seen this side of China. It's really hard to take face to face.

[dnoblett]

I have a picture for you if I can figure out how to post it. It is a picture of the house that my SO grew up in. She grew up in rural China.

Upload it to your photo gallery, the gallery can even be private, and do an image link to the photo in the gallery.

 

Yes the photos show the harder side of China.

[RLS]

Sort of makes you feel a little humble doesn't it. When we complain, we should look at these pictures.

[Dennis143]

Got this in an email chain today:

 

If youwoke up this morning

with more health than illness,

you are more blessed than the

million who won't survive the week.

 

 

If you have never experienced

the danger of battle,

the loneliness of imprisonment,

the agony of torture or

the pangs of starvation,

you are ahead of 20 million people

around the world.

 

 

If you attend a church meeting

without fear of harassment,

arrest, torture, or death,

you are more blessed than almost

three billion people in the world.

 

 

If you have food in your refrigerator,

clothes on your back, a roof over

your head and a place to sleep,

you are richer than 75% of this world.

 

 

If you have money in the bank,

in your wallet, and spare change

in a dish someplace, you are among

the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

[hakkamike]

Dennis,

Thanks for posting this. This is an excellent example of the China many do not get to or want to see. Of course every country has similar problems, just look at DC. But, in my opinion, to remain ignorant of this very real condition in China is what will cause devastating culture shock to those who want to live there. However, one can always chose to ignore it. Maybe I should post pics of Ying's daily hospital Hell in Urban China.

So what is your point?? I can take picts here in the US to make those picts in China look like a vacation resort??????????

[Guest knloregon]

This really is a remarkable set of pictures..

 

First because they are exceptional in their composition (take another look, and try to view them aesthetically---exclusive of the social content).

 

Secondly, because they were curated by someone who really knows his or her stuff about photography.

 

And third, becasue it was offered by XinHua of all organizations!

 

Powerful photos----strong social content---- (but adverse to the government)----beautifully curated----quite an accomplishment!

 

Certainly on par with the best of PBS in America------

 

This is a great example of how far the PR China government has come in just the last five or ten years on free expression, and specifically social issues in the media.

[hakkamike]

This really is a remarkable set of pictures..

 

First because they are exceptional in their composition (take another look, and try to view them aesthetically---exclusive of the social content).

 

Secondly, because they were curated by someone who really knows his or her stuff about photography.

 

And third, becasue it was offered by XinHua of all organizations!

 

Powerful photos----strong social content---- (but adverse to the government)----beautifully curated----quite an accomplishment!

 

Certainly on par with the best of PBS in America------

 

This is a great example of how far the PR China government has come in just the last five or ten years on free expression, and specifically social issues in the media.

 

Thats one thing about photos,everyone has a opionion when looking at them. I am looking at them in a whole different way than you, no one person took all of them. All of these were comprised for one reason and I dont like it.

[Dennis143]

This really is a remarkable set of pictures..

 

First because they are exceptional in their composition (take another look, and try to view them aesthetically---exclusive of the social content).

 

Secondly, because they were curated by someone who really knows his or her stuff about photography.

 

And third, becasue it was offered by XinHua of all organizations!

 

Powerful photos----strong social content---- (but adverse to the government)----beautifully curated----quite an accomplishment!

 

Certainly on par with the best of PBS in America------

 

This is a great example of how far the PR China government has come in just the last five or ten years on free expression, and specifically social issues in the media.

 

Thats one thing about photos,everyone has a opionion when looking at them. I am looking at them in a whole different way than you, no one person took all of them. All of these were comprised for one reason and I dont like it.

They're JUST pictures. No need to have a hissy fit.

[Randy W]

Yes - I don't think that showing poverty conditions was the intent.

[amberjack1234]

Yes, what is the problem Mike. Of course they were not posted to upset anyone it is just that the truth is the truth. They were just ment to show that there is another side to China and not always the one that we here always see. Yes, I am the one that sent them or rather the link to Dennis!! We discussed some other things as well but this was one of the topics.

 

Larry

Edited March 30, 2007 by amberjack1234 (see edit history)

[hakkamike]

Yes, what is the problem Mike. Of course they were not posted to upset anyone it is just that the truth is the truth. They were just ment to show that there is another side to China and not always the one that we here always see. Yes, I am the one that sent them or rather the link to Dennis!! We discussed some other things as well but this was one of the topics.

 

Larry

 

Hey Im not pissed off at U guys at all,, just thinking out loud about things in general after I saw them. Like I said that is the beauty of photography when you look at a picture and study it for a while it will say what do you think

Edited March 30, 2007 by hakkamike (see edit history)

[RLS]

I agree that you can find extreme poverty just about anywhere. I was in Brazil and saw the "beautiful" people on the Ipenama Beach, then drove just a couple miles and saw people living in holes that they had dug out of the hillside. Most people in Brazil are very poor, and a very few are extremely rich.

[Guest knloregon]

Mike,

 

I look at these photos as a related grouping. All are stunning. I challenge any of us to post pictures of this quality on the Candle.

 

The reason they appear as a group, even though they are taken in different places by different people is the art of curation.

 

In any "curated" art show, two individuals---both artists are at work. First is the artist, of course, second is the curator who pulls it all together.

 

I almost never see government agencies do this well, and XinHua, of all places, has this time.