Synopsis:​​

 

The wave of urbanisation has swept through China since the 1980s, with Shanghai undergoing one of the most profound transformations. Once a cosmopolitan hub shaped by British, French, and Japanese concessions, the city’s redevelopment builds upon and reconfigures these colonial legacies, now folded into the global logic of neoliberal urbanism. The consumer public, still drawn to symbols of Western prestige, reinforces this dynamic, where inherited infrastructures become sites of both aspiration and exclusion. This photography project interrogates how memory, modernity, and power are inscribed in Shanghai’s architecture and everyday life, revealing the complex entanglement of history and desire in the making of the metropolis.

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First Edition: 2 copies (sold out)

40p incl. covers

Dimension: 18cm x 21cm

Paper: Redeem (Natural off white with shive 140gsm)

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