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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Changsha

Changsha

Bernhardsson, Erik
Hershatter, Gail
Vu, Modes

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ISBN10: 918782941X
ISBN13: 9789187829413
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Dec 4 2016
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
At first, when I didn't speak the language, I would hangout in pool halls and practice counting balls in Chinese. Icouldn't hold a conversation but I knew how to play and Iknew how to smoke cigarettes. Later my Mandarin came and I could go to dinner with people or hit the karaoke clubs. Mr. Tian was a whiskey wholesaler and one of our first friends. His brother owned The Red East-a popular nightclub and karaoke house in Jishou where I got my first taste of provincial nightlife. I began to develop an idea for the kind of pictures I wanted to make, but I knew it wouldn't be possible in just one year. It was important that I avoid typical imagery-the Mao posters and military, the futuristic cityscapes-and remain true to an experience separate from national narrative. I wanted to make pictures that didn't necessarily read as China. Personal photographs. Private photographs. -Rian Dundon

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