Broken memory, Changing hometown

Dates

2017 - Ongoing
Author

Pan Wang

Unromantic is the key word of this photo collection. All are about trivial daily life of ordinary people in the small town named Lintong, which is located in Qinling Mountains. Lintong is my hometown.

"Plain life" is the keyword of this photo collection. It tells the daily life of people at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. Lintong District, Shaanxi Province, China is my hometown. When I tried to recall my memories of this small town with people and things I had known since childhood, I found that it was no longer what it used to be. Like other prosperous cities, this small town has lost its original form in the process of expansion. The small town in my memory is gradually disappearing, but I am working hard to maintain my memory of this unchanging town. When I stood on the land of my hometown countless times, I realized that the current appearance of this small town was both familiar and unfamiliar to me.

© Pan Wang - 01.Dry reservoirs

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01.Dry reservoirs

© Pan Wang - 05.Construction workers waiting to start construction

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05.Construction workers waiting to start construction

© Pan Wang - 02.Farmers who lost their land

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02.Farmers who lost their land

© Pan Wang - 03.Rundown tourist area

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03.Rundown tourist area

© Pan Wang - 04.Land that was frantically excavated

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04.Land that was frantically excavated

© Pan Wang - 06.Farmers sit in front of a strip of expropriated land behind them that was once an orchard

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06.Farmers sit in front of a strip of expropriated land behind them that was once an orchard

© Pan Wang - 07.Encroached villages

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07.Encroached villages

© Pan Wang - 08.Barbershop on the side of the road

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08.Barbershop on the side of the road

© Pan Wang - 09.A way of entertainment for the masses of a small town

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09.A way of entertainment for the masses of a small town

© Pan Wang - 10.After school, the children climbed on the persimmon tree to play

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10.After school, the children climbed on the persimmon tree to play

© Pan Wang - 11.At the end of Panshan Road in the mountains is a small temple

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11.At the end of Panshan Road in the mountains is a small temple

© Pan Wang - 12. The workers who reinforced the bridge drove three wheeled motorcycles to lift up the vast yellow soil in the sky

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12. The workers who reinforced the bridge drove three wheeled motorcycles to lift up the vast yellow soil in the sky

© Pan Wang - 13.On the farmland requisitioned for commercial development, construction workers are measuring the land

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13.On the farmland requisitioned for commercial development, construction workers are measuring the land

© Pan Wang - 14. A parking lot administrator with nothing to do at the entrance of an artificial tourist attraction

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14. A parking lot administrator with nothing to do at the entrance of an artificial tourist attraction

© Pan Wang - 15. Students playing mahjong in the pavilion during lunchtime

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15. Students playing mahjong in the pavilion during lunchtime

© Pan Wang - 16. Farmland gradually occupied by commercial properties

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16. Farmland gradually occupied by commercial properties

© Pan Wang - 17. Retired worker fishing in the river and his child

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17. Retired worker fishing in the river and his child

© Pan Wang - 18.In the temple in the village, there is a big headed Buddha statue

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18.In the temple in the village, there is a big headed Buddha statue

© Pan Wang - 19.After scrapping the abandoned bus, it was placed at the mouth of the Wei River and became a workstation for inspectors

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19.After scrapping the abandoned bus, it was placed at the mouth of the Wei River and became a workstation for inspectors

© Pan Wang - 20.The soil is refilled as construction waste into large pits dug by the brick factory

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20.The soil is refilled as construction waste into large pits dug by the brick factory

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