China - Love Cutting

• Prize
• Photographer
  stephanie borcard & nicolas metraux, Switzerland
• Date of Photograph
  online
• Studio
  BM-photo
• Website
  http://www.bm-photo.ch

â??China â?? Love Cuttingâ?? is a series of diptychs of Chinese hairdressers and their respective living quarters. A dialogue between public image private sphere.

Shots were taken in Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province, remotely located from Beijing and Shanghai. With its 14 millions inhabitants, it is a booming economic center in Western China. A vast percentage of its population comes from the surrounding countryside and seeks new opportunities in the city.

Job offers, which include accommodation, are highly sought after by money-driven applicants. The lodging provided varies greatly: windowless rooms, basic dorms, sometimes private rooms. Employees will often spend a few years living under such conditions before attempting to get a place of their own.

These young people comprise Chinaâ??s soaring migrant population.