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Snapping 40 years of rapid change
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THIS year marks 40 years since China launched decision to reform and opening-up. Those four decades have seen remarkable change in all areas of life and the economy.
The Shanghai International Photography Festival’s immersive exhibition “Photo Witness to the Times: 40 years of Reformation and Opening-up in Shanghai”, which runs through October 7, takes a close look at the impact of the policy.
The exhibition features nearly 879 pictures in four categories: “Today’s Shanghai,” “Time Tunnel,” “Kaleidoscopic View” and “Tomorrow Will Be Better.”
It aims to immerse visitors in a bygone era by going beyond photos and using sound, video, installations and real objects.
Organizers invited veteran cameramen from several famous old Shanghai photo studios such as Wangkai, Renmin, Wanxiang, Kangming and Meilan. They will take wedding photos stamped with the studio name on site for those interested.
A wedding photo shoot before the big day at one of the famous Shanghai studios was a tradition for every soon-to-be husband and wife in the past.
Many of the photos on display put a human face to the change the city has gone through. One captures locals waiting in a long queue overnight outside the General Post Office Building at the north end of Sichuan Road Bridge on the first day for the registration of private phones in 1990.
Another picture freezes the moment when a postman opened a street mail-box stuffed with greeting cards — as sending New Year cards was quite popular in the 1990s.
Date: Through October 7, 9am-4pm
Venue: China Art Museum
Address: 205 Shangnan Rd
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