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Au-revoir China
Downtown shopping en pendant
Chairman Mao
I have been on my own 4 day long in Harbin, without understanding a word and without being understood. Shops signs, bus stops and restaurant menus lost their meaning. The connection to the outer world turned flimsy. Still, several times I have been asked to pose for a souvenir picture with strangers. I had my fun playing the exotic creature with locals. And whenever I gestured for shooting a picture to someone else either in downtown, slums or rural areas, I always received a smile back. How warm was my human experience in Harbin, despite the constant -20 °C. Au-revoir, China!
Here below the full list of the reportage “Detour to China“. Pictures shot by Lorenzo Borghi, reportage edit by Maria Francesca.
- China Red
- Smoky days
- Sometimes … sticky sticks
- Life in plastic
- United workers of the PRC
- Antithesis
- Take a walk on the white side
- Organized Chaos
- Lights on ice
- Blocked
- You must leave your hat on
- Layers
Layers
Lost in Harbin
HI speed trains through the new Harbin
Metropolis
Wooden stairs inside Harbin Opera House
On the frozen road to Harbin airport
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You must leave your hat on
Hot day today, my flaps’re up!
Do you wanna ride with me?
Cheese 🙂
Coachman? Soldier? At your service
Give me your hat, dude
Sparkling love
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Blocked
Traffic outgoing
A car wrapped for winter
No bricks left? Glass bottles will do it!
Ice blocks cut out of the frozen river: Harbin ice festival is going to start!
Frozen shores
Harbin skyline and cable car from the frozen Songhua river
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Lights on ice
On the frozen Songhua river and outside the Opera House Harbin
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Organized chaos
Street bar
Warning signs
Please have a sofa…
… or just a chair
A-maze-ing
The Chaos organizer
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Take a walk on the white side
Several months at low temperatures open new spaces in Harbin, from the frozen Songhua river to the city canals.
Pulled and relaxed
On the canal, walking through the city
Big spaces allow equal distances
Summer boat cruises postponed
Groupies
Come and walk on the frozen white side
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Antithesis
Do you marry me ? (Main street / Courtyard, residential area)
Overpopulation… everywhere (rich and poor suburbs of Harbin)
Two by two (inside the Opera House of Harbin / outside frozen-chicken street-market)
Material matters (Harbin skyline from the roof of the Opera House / a night at the Opera!)
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United workers of the PRC
New tires, all sizes!
All the plastic boxes you need
Express courier? Maybe!
It’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it
You trash I recycle
We are workers of Harbin, from the People Republic of China
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Life in plastic
At -20 °C each “aria di fessura” is “aria di sepoltura”, which in Italian means winds through a slit bring to the grave. Winter in Harbin often brings the temperature down to -20°C and below. Plastic foils and tape are therefore applied to doors, booths, windows, tut-tucs and wherever no slits are welcome.
Street restaurants wrapped for winter
One door is cold enough
Recycling shops in the suburbs
For a big plastic foil, you need a big tape
Winter ready tuc-tuc
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