The Door Opened : 1980s China Photography : Adrian Bradshaw
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As China looks back on 40 years of reform and opening up it’s time to look back and see how far the country has changed. The youth whose energy and optimism seized the moment with experimentation and invention back in the first decade of the new era built the foundations of an outward looking, successful and confident China today. Consumer goods, food, clothes, hair and much more were beginning to get a lot more interesting in both the cities and the countryside.
British photojournalist Adrian Bradshaw came to Beijing in 1984 to study Mandarin just as everyday life was in flux. He would go on to spend three decades living in, experiencing and recording this transformation, longer than any other overseas photojournalist, bringing an empathy and understanding to his subjects that is rare.
In his twenties in the 1980s, Bradshaw was in the company of the young people who drove the reform era and built many of the features of 21st Century China: the artists, farmers, entrepreneurs and industrialists whose enthusiasm and positivity made things happen. This energy that made history is still bursting forth.
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British photojournalist Adrian Bradshaw came to Beijing in 1984 to study Mandarin just as everyday life was in flux. He would go on to spend three decades living in, experiencing and recording this transformation, longer than any other overseas photojournalist, bringing an empathy and understanding to his subjects that is rare.
In his twenties in the 1980s, Bradshaw was in the company of the young people who drove the reform era and built many of the features of 21st Century China: the artists, farmers, entrepreneurs and industrialists whose enthusiasm and positivity made things happen. This energy that made history is still bursting forth.
Please note that until this page is e-commerce enabled use the links below for more information and to buy the book in either standard edition (slipcased) or limited edition (slipcased and with portfolio of 8 exclusive prints)
Press review links: BBC, Daily Mail, The Guardian, SCMP, The Beijinger
To buy the standard edition please click this link to the publisher: Impress Publishing
To buy the limited edition please click this link to the publisher: Impress Publishing
To buy the standard edition please click this link to the publisher: Impress Publishing
To buy the limited edition please click this link to the publisher: Impress Publishing