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On week shooting photographs of residents of Chengdu Shuijingfang Street
On private photographer for 10 years shooting week thousands of photos, records the image of thousands of residents in Old Street
"That day I put the lens into his hole in the wall, saw the rubble. I know this group of 10-year record of the lens, can ends up." In 2001, lived 30 years in Chengdu, Zhou security, with a camera well into the street. Area Shuijingfang was widespread attention because of two things, one per two years ago, archaeologists discovered the old liquor burning Square Ming and Qing dynasties, was included in the national key protection units, the other is with the urban transformation and Museum , the construction of streets, the old street lined with brick bungalows are facing demolition, the residents of 21 streets were gradually move gradually moved into the light and spacious new homes.
The next 10 years, member of the Police of the week with security camera recorded the lives of the residents of these streets: their daily dozen pairs of shoes lined the barber, by a taxi driver to support seriously ill middle-aged brother , four-horse mother ... ...
January 19, Chengdu, Sichuan Sichuan Spring 2012 Photographic Society annual meeting, the exhibition will continue until February 10, featured 12 theme photos. On the first week of this 10-year old street and residents of Shuijingfang record into the exhibition hall.
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Authentic old streets brought back childhood memories of life in Chengdu
"The first shot, suddenly aroused my childhood memories." Shuijingfang Area in 2001, the low brick tile together into one, from a high perspective, the street behind a lattice-style courtyard . Area of 0.45 square kilometers, out of 21 across the street, home to more than 6000 households. Every evening, on which stood a table to eat the neighbors in the street, always with each other and take their food, enjoyable.
Zhou carrying a camera into the wells Ann Street, where the authentic life of old Chengdu, brought back memories of his childhood.
"This is a horse mother, counted, this year there should be 100 years old." Wall a photograph, wearing a stocking cap sat the elderly, in the year-old resident of Pholiota adiposa Lane, she is older the biggest one. The time taken in 2005, when security is tea tea week. From the other side of the street came an old man dressed in old-style jacket, patrons have to Allah in the past week, kept saying: "Old weeks, you beat her, she is 90 years old, a family of four generations living here . "
A stranger to get permission for more than 90-year-old lady, she went into the house to take pictures, not an easy task. After a long conversation, her mother finally agreed with his horse into the street of a cottage, sitting on old wooden bed in a wicker chair, so that safety week captured this photo.
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Thousands of people on a photo shoot images disappearing Street
"Photo of the shadow is under construction on Shangri-La Hotel, then take the finished building a shelf yet." Zhang Shuanghuai a panoramic photo of the street trees, the distant high-rise has been close to the old streets. Rows of bungalows, the projected shadow of a tall building in the street outside, Shangri-La Hotel is under construction.
It was the first week of safety from such a high place overlooking the Shuijingfang Area. At this point a few double-Ash Street near the demolition have been completed. He came to take the lift not the top cap of the Shangri-La Hotel, braving strong winds, climbing scaffolding snapped this photo.
Another photo on the middle-aged couple, who opened the salon on the streets, but with the neighbors who have moved away, the business has become worse, had closed their doors. And once on the streets doing the best to eat dried radish aunt, like the rows of shoes barber, also disappeared with the removal.
In the past 10 years, thousands of weeks of safe shooting photos, records the image of thousands of residents in Old Street.
"I often think we should leave some memories to the city. Those old streets and past life images, still memorable." Zhou said Ann.
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The resident memory of the story to be sorted out to the city summary
On the last week shooting Shuijingfang Area, in the end of last year, when most of the old streets Area have been removed. Shuijingfang site museum had built, spacious streets is a new retro architecture, high-rise where they stand outside Area.
"They have moved, and this is the last photo." Wells of a street surrounded by brick walls up to be built into the site. An weeks go in a circle around the wall, and finally found a break open the hole. He shot into it, took 10 years to this group of houses Shuijingfang last photo. Carrying a camera when he traveled throughout the Area, only to find photos in the past residents have been moved.
Today, safety is always put this week to shoot photos for 10 years, look out slowly. "In fact, I and the residents of such changes, emotional conflicts are the one hand is the nostalgia for the old life in Chengdu, on the other hand want to move out of this environment, the pursuit of a more comfortable life." He said, the next step to the story of the Street residents are sorted out, can be considered to be a summary of the memories of the city. Source: WCC
