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The Rural Heart
China: The Roads Less Traveled
Documentary photography on Zigen's projects in rural China
Solo Exhibition
Feb 4-17, 2008
Beijing
Jul 11-18, 2009
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Discover exquisite, sometimes haunting, images of people and landscape in China's rural heartland, captured by photographer P H Yang in October 2007, during an emotional and thought-provoking trip to document projects of The Zigen Fund with 20 years of hands-on experience on grassroots development in China. Feast on dazzling images from remote villages in the barren Loess Plateau of Shanxi, the poverty-stricken Miao minority habitats of Guizhou, and the often stark conditions of ghettos for migrant workers outside Beijing. Please note that images displayed on the Internet are of low resolution and cannot do justice to the quality of a professionally printed high resolution photograph. Go see the actual prints in all their glory.  Save My Parched Land A farmer's son laments the draught that is threatening the corn fields in the arid region of Shanxi. Longjiao · Shanxi · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Still Beaming Bai Liting (15) and her classmate still beam after walking over 3 hours to school across the arid and dusty hills of Shanxi. Zhuanjiao · Shanxi · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Yearning After 3 years in Shahe, 14 year-old Liang Yang and her 8 year-old sister Xiu from Sichuan, yearn to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, an hour but a world away. Shahe (outside Beijing) · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Homework Time 13 year-old deaf-mute students Chang Jingjing and Huo Xun do their homework using folding chairs as makeshift tables outside their Spartan home. Shahe (outside Beijing) · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Dilapidated The run-down environment of the slums for migrant workers outside Beijing. The appliances are recovered from garbage dumps for parts recycling. Shahe (outside Beijing) · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Pretty Facade The exterior of Xing Gong School for children of migrant workers looks attractive. Inside, the facilities are run-down. Shahe (outside Beijing) · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Falling Apart Crumpling furniture and broken-down computers are common in the under-funded private schools for children of migrant workers like Xing Gong. Shahe (outside Beijing) · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Serve the People 1950s-style post-liberation architecture with "Serve the People" slogan under a red star. Longjiao · Shanxi · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Mighty River A local ferry trapped during low tide on the bank of the mighty Yellow River. Zhuanjiao · Shanxi · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  Rising Star 11 year-old Wu Yunshan is cheered by his classmates after being featured in a documentary film on the Yellow River Zigen School. Zhuanjiao · Shanxi · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted)  I Like Math 9 year-old Wu Rongrong studies arithmetic with her Primary 2 classmates. Her name is carved on her desk. Zhuanjiao · Shanxi · China | 2007 11x14 inch (16x20 inch matted) Home | 1 | 2 | Next What People Say |
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