This series is about a normal peasant living on the border between Zhejiang Province and the ‘magic city’ Shanghai. One step further is the place where skyscrapers grow.
The photographer delved into the daily locales of this old man and invited him to take several portraits. The daily farming situations, the old tradition to kill a chicken for festivals and the Buddhism belief… All these elements could possibly form a montage to indicate contradictions in his culture. We can see the border landscape, lifestyle, social status and religious belief in this specific geopolitical region.
Haotian LIN was born in 2000 in Jiaxing, China. He studied film at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, expecting to complete his studies at the School of Media and Communication (BFA). His exchange experience rendered him a stay in Paris for eight months in 2022 at Sciences Po Paris. He is dedicated to politics and its externalisation in visual arts, especially photography and documentary filmmaking. His artwork gives a constant regard for issues like migration, periphery regions, and ethnic identities.
Awards 2022 Tokyo International Foto Awards, Official Selection
2022 European Cinematography Awards, Best Student Director
