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ChinaFile Presents: Africa in China

As China’s power and reach have grown, it has become a new center of gravity pulling people from remote lands. The city of Guangzhou in southern China has become a magnet for Africans, among others, who have come in search of opportunity and to trade in the goods produced in the Pearl River Delta.

Since 2009, New York-based photographer and filmmaker Daniel Traub has been exploring the people and activities on a pedestrian bridge at the heart of Guangzhou for a project he calls “Little North Road.” At the core of the project is an archive of images collected from two Chinese itinerant portrait photographers, Wu Yong Fu and Zeng Xian Fang. Equipped with digital cameras, they have made a living making portraits for Africans who want mementos of their time in China. Traub’s photographs on the bridge and in its immediate vicinity explore the broader dynamics of the area and provide a context through which to see these portraits.











When: Mon., Apr. 11, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave.
212-288-6400
Price: Free, RSVP required
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As China’s power and reach have grown, it has become a new center of gravity pulling people from remote lands. The city of Guangzhou in southern China has become a magnet for Africans, among others, who have come in search of opportunity and to trade in the goods produced in the Pearl River Delta.

Since 2009, New York-based photographer and filmmaker Daniel Traub has been exploring the people and activities on a pedestrian bridge at the heart of Guangzhou for a project he calls “Little North Road.” At the core of the project is an archive of images collected from two Chinese itinerant portrait photographers, Wu Yong Fu and Zeng Xian Fang. Equipped with digital cameras, they have made a living making portraits for Africans who want mementos of their time in China. Traub’s photographs on the bridge and in its immediate vicinity explore the broader dynamics of the area and provide a context through which to see these portraits.

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