After some thought and consideration, I've taken a look at Nadav Kander's work, more specifically The Long River.
The pictures follow the course of the Yangtze river on it 4,100 mile journey through China. They depict the massive change within this country as it rapidly becomes the largest economy in the world
Many of the pictures don't contain any pictures of people. Those that do show them to be tiny and insignificant within the image. This is a feeling that the photographer felt the people must feel as their country hurtles inexorably into an uncertain future.
Nearly all of the images are taken on days which are either overcast or foggy. This lends well to the feeling of the images and makes them feel vast and unbounding, much as China and the Yangtze are.
The scale of some of the constructions are truly amazing. The most controversial of which has to be the Three Gorges Dam. Although it generates a tremendous amount of power and ensures their is no flooding down river, many archaeological sites where destroyed and over 1.3 million people where uprooted to make way for the massive reservoir.
The pictures follow the course of the Yangtze river on it 4,100 mile journey through China. They depict the massive change within this country as it rapidly becomes the largest economy in the world
Many of the pictures don't contain any pictures of people. Those that do show them to be tiny and insignificant within the image. This is a feeling that the photographer felt the people must feel as their country hurtles inexorably into an uncertain future.
Nearly all of the images are taken on days which are either overcast or foggy. This lends well to the feeling of the images and makes them feel vast and unbounding, much as China and the Yangtze are.
The scale of some of the constructions are truly amazing. The most controversial of which has to be the Three Gorges Dam. Although it generates a tremendous amount of power and ensures their is no flooding down river, many archaeological sites where destroyed and over 1.3 million people where uprooted to make way for the massive reservoir.
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