Red China Portraits

This project is a photographic investigation the Chinese people's tentative shift from a communist to a capitalist system, as seen though dipictions of its indivduals.

As this ancient culture becomes an increasingly individualistic society, I wanted to photograph the change in China by photographing people I found in a busy Beijing street who dressed only in the traditional communist and nationlistic colour of red.

This series is documention of a country and a portrait of a people at a point of social upheaval and identity change. The subjects have been deliberately documented in the neutral surrounds of a blank backdrop to highlight the contrast of an indivduals personal identity versus that of a national identity.

Untitled #1, 2012 
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm



Untitled #5, 2012
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm



Untitled #2, 2012 
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm



Untitled #1, 2012
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm



Untitled #4, 2012
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm



Untitled #7, 2012
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm



Untitled #4, 2012
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm



Untitled #7, 2012
Type C Print, 90 x 130cm