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Since 2002, Sze Tsung Leong has been photographing the dramatic changes that are transforming the cities of China, revealing a process that begins with the destruction of traditional neighborhoods and ends in the mass construction of new urban environments. He travels with a large-format view camera, visiting cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Nanjing, Pingyao and Xiamen, and the resulting highly detailed images portray the immense scale of the upheaval and of the contradictions created by its uncertain and fluctuating environment. Traditional buildings in the process of being demolished are juxtaposed against the glass walls that are about to replace them; seemingly abandoned buildings on the verge of destruction, or in the midst of construction, reveal clues of habitation; historic areas survive as a result of neglect and isolation rather than intent; and obscured in the midst of expansive, culturally ambivalent spaces, small Chinese script on indistinct signs serves as the only hint that these environments are in China. Collectively, the photographs in History Images capture the erasure and subsequent absence of history, and the moment of anticipation for the new future to unfold; it is an urban reality caught in the tenuous period after the end of one history and at the beginning of another.
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Sze Tsung Leong: History Images
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Steidl, Gottingen, Germany. 2006. 144 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with color pastedowns present to the boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Since 2002, Sze Tsung Leong has been photographing the dramatic changes that are transforming the cities of China, revealing a process that begins with the destruction of traditional neighborhoods and ends in the mass construction of new urban environments. He travels with a large-format view camera, visiting cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Nanjing, Pingyao and Xiamen, and the resulting highly detailed images portray the immense scale of the upheaval and of the contradictions created by its uncertain and fluctuating environment. Traditional buildings in the process of being demolished are juxtaposed against the glass walls that are about to replace them; seemingly abandoned buildings on the verge of destruction, or in the midst of construction, reveal clues of habitation; historic areas survive as a result of neglect and isolation rather than intent; and obscured in the midst of expansive, culturally ambivalent spaces, small Chinese script on indistinct signs serves as the only hint that these environments are in China. Collectively, the photographs in History Images capture the erasure and subsequent absence of history, and the moment of anticipation for the new future to unfold; it is an urban reality caught in the tenuous period after the end of one history and at the beginning of another.; 342 X 21 X 279 millimeters; 144 pages. Seller Inventory # 74409
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First Edition. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 145 pages. A collection of color photographs of China. Features texts by Leong and Stephen Shore. Includes 80 color images. A clean very near fine copy in cloth with color plate affixed to the front board. No dust jacket as issued. Seller Inventory # 198548
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: Oblong 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 143 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Bottom edge slightly marked. Covers slightly marked. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; China; Modern; Architecture. ISBN: 3865212743. ISBN/EAN: 9783865212740. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60626. Seller Inventory # 60626
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine Plus. First Edition. cloth, hard cover with affixed color plate on front and back, as issued. added, folded mylar protector as dj., super faint toning to upper margin of some pages. it is only discirnable in strong light. not from smoke or mildew. else a fine copy in every regard. large, heavy book.; this copy is signed by sze tsung leong and dated 4 2007 on title page.; 143pp., 80 large color photographs reproduced. text by leong and stephen shore. Size: Oblong 4to. Signed by the Photographer. Seller Inventory # 21392
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