/ 2013 / Press / Feature Story

The Park of Sorrow

  • Prize
  • Photographer
    Jason Jia, United Kingdom

The ruins of Beichuan, which was completely destructed in 2008 during the magnitude 8.0 earthquake, Sichuan, China. Now the abandoned city has been turned into one of the top tourist sites in this part of China. Flooded by tourist during daytime, the ruin left empty and unguarded at night. 15645 souls were lost in this town during the disaster. The deceased were either buried or remained laid under the wreckage, all within the town.

  • Awards
    The winner of the Royal Photographic Society Postgraduate Bursary The co-winner of the IdeasTap Fund Innovators

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