China: Seen Through a Photographer's Eyes

Christer L�fgren's unique images document cities and countryside all over China Photographs of China taken over the last 45 years reveal the enormous changes that have taken place there These photographs by Christer L�fgren capture scenes of daily life in China from the final stages of the Cultural Revolution in 1974 to the present day. Images from the 1990s witness the first steps in rapid development: bicycles completely dominate the streets of the big cities, and new buildings appear almost overnight. With the significant expansion of modernity in China today, we get a close-up of how people live, both in towns and in the country.