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Beijing: Contemporary and Imperial

In three decades of traveling to China, celebrated photographer Lois Conner has witnessed remarkable physical transformations of this country.

Nowhere is this change more dramatic than in the capital city of Beijing, the subject of Conner’s remarkable new book Beijing: Contemporary and Imperial. Join Lois for an armchair trip through her breathtaking black-and-white panoramas that reveal an ancient city in thrall of change, where the lingering splendor of a dynastic past is cast into shadow by rising concrete and steel.











When: Wed., Jun. 18, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: From $21
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In three decades of traveling to China, celebrated photographer Lois Conner has witnessed remarkable physical transformations of this country.

Nowhere is this change more dramatic than in the capital city of Beijing, the subject of Conner’s remarkable new book Beijing: Contemporary and Imperial. Join Lois for an armchair trip through her breathtaking black-and-white panoramas that reveal an ancient city in thrall of change, where the lingering splendor of a dynastic past is cast into shadow by rising concrete and steel.

Buy tickets/get more info now