Tag Archives: China

A photographic journey through a region whose identity is threatened by “sinicization.”

This series, could be interpreted as a connection between my contemplative state of mind and the “existing world”.

Open the eyes of your soul / and you will encounter your many souls / In timelessness, as if the sun and moon never set or rise / The world is only a book, phantom-like / The soul an invisible muse / Before the words were born, you were a giant / From the kingdom of gold who know not yourself.

Poetic vagueness and slight melancholy, Exploring in a world of intelligence, spirit and emotion, Seeing, thinking, understanding and loving something …

With his photographs, he breaks through the clichéd image of China. He approaches the Chinese in a personal manner and is curious about what they think, feel and experience.

Return to the essence of visual art, experience the dialogue and feelings between the mind and nature.

Ah! With iridescent light of gems of time / The heavenly road you pave! / In the kingdom of stars / I found my home.

Last night, gazing at the stars / I saw those countless gems smile / Numberless from my past life / Limitless in the silver kingdom…

Chinese government, alongside country’s economical and political status, works on its external image.

Last year, I tried to use the most direct approach to take the photos along the southeastern coastal line. What I saw was completely different from that in my childhood as the result of the construction projects.

The province of Xinjiang (new frontier in chinese) is located in the far western region of China, it is the biggest province of the country and it is bordering 8 other countries such as Tajikistan and Afghanistan or India and Mongolia.

Beijing, April 2013. A drunk man sleeps over in a fast food nearby Guijie. All China's Fast Food...

As a European, I grew up in a less populated area than China and in smaller urban environment…

“In the exciting and unpredictable environment that I live in, these pictures are seconds of filtered light that I tried to catch.”