Photography is an amazing art form. A superb image can draw you in and take you
to new places and experiences, all through the eyes of the artist. My latest
"voyage" took me with Israeli artist Nadav Kander down the Yangtze
River in China. What a trip!
Kander made 5 trips to the river over the course of three
years to capture the daily life surrounding it … from its source in Tibet to its
mouth in Shanghai. It’s the 3rd
largest river in the world and did you know that 1 in 18 people in the world
live along the Yangtze? Better yet, there
are more Chinese living along that river than there are people living in the
entire USA – no joke!!!!
Kander uses the term “flux” to describe the water in the
river, which is the perfect metaphor for the changing landscape. While the West
has taken its time to develop, China’s frenetic race to catch up is mind
blowing and nowhere can you see this better than in Kander’s photos.
But what’s the price?
Is China destroying their past or building a future? Are people really
better off living in their new conditions? You decide.
image credits: Flowers Gallery, New York and London. This
remarkable exhibition at their gallery in New York runs through 24 November
2012.
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Thank you for stopping by and reading my feature today. I love what I do as an interior designer and art advisor, and it’s my hope that through these blog posts I’m enriching and heightening your aesthetic sensibility towards art, design and fabulous interiors in some way ~ Richard Rabel (a.k.a. the modern sybarite)
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