Glimpse Inside China’s Vanishing Garment Hub
As the garment industry of Guangzhou’s Kanglu area winds down to its last days, TWOC captures life in for the 100,000 workers and factory bosses in its urban villages
Fading Trades: Photographing China’s Disappearing Professions
Once common sights on sidewalks, many old professions are giving way to online apps and urbanization. Photographer Huang Ruide captures these fading trades on camera before they’re gone for good.
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Work to Live, Live to Work: Capturing Workers’ Moments of Joy
Photographer Xin Ting captures workers at their happiest
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Snap Judgment: Photographing Ethnic Groups, Sans Stereotype
No headdresses, no vacant stares: How young artists challenge the parameters of “ethnic” photography
How to Take Authentic Photos of Life in China
From developing film in the shower in the 80s, to assisting in one of China’s earliest TV documentaries, a judge from our “Most China” photo contest reflects on what humanistic photography means to him
Enter Our New “Most China” Photo Competition
TWOC’s new photo contest is open for submissions
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Beyond High Fashion: Li Xiaoliang’s New Way of Seeing
Beyond a glitzy career in fashion photography, Li Xiaoliang points his lens at gritty Chinese realities and faded Western illusions
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Remembering Corky Lee
The photographer who documented 50 years of Chinese in American history
Gallery: A Sense of Belongings
Art Factory exhibition “All We Love” mixes technology and nostalgia to ponder the meaning of home
A Picture’s Worth
China’s top stock photo distributor accused of monetizing public domain images, extorting customers in the name of copyright
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