New BBC Feature on ‘Disappearing Shanghai’
July 14, 2009 12:53 AM
The BBC has just posted a slide show feature on my Disappearing Shanghai book project on its website.
Click here to see the BBC slide show
Posted at 12:53 AM
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Hi, Mr. French,
Have you taken photos of run-down American inner city quarters? I understand the beauty in those ordinary people as captured by your camera. I am sure they were so glad that they would be moving to better apartments and better life, leaving behind the old quarters only in your photos. This "wonderland" to you is kinda like Brooklyn to a Chinese. The only difference is that the old Shanghai quarters are disappearing fast while the old Brooklyn quarters don't.
Posted by: coolhead
at August 14, 2009 11:58 PM
Congratulations...I hope these images get a wide viewing before they slip into history...
Posted by: Pangea Proxima
at September 27, 2009 2:14 AM