DINU LI: The Mother Of All Journeys

DINU LI: The Mother Of All JourneysFeatures in Martin Parr & Gerry Badger's 'The Photobook: A History Vol. III.' The Mother of All Journeys charmingly examines the memories of the photographer's mother and her journey from rural China to Manchester, with an intervening 20 or so years in Hong Kong. The book combines her old family snapshots with contemporary images taken by Li in all three locations. It delicately displays the poignancy of the family photograph, illustrating the gap

and from 1985 to 1991 was mainly occupied with two major documentary projects in Hackney and Sheffield

His early work focused on people affected by the collapse of the Soviet Union collapse and is an intimate and unique insider view of the painful transition of an area that was once a major coal mining region

He didn’t really pay much attention to the cards again until years later in the 1980s when he visited the Pompidou Centre for an exhibition on Surrealism

and theory

whilst the Avro York Airliner takes off from the ironing board

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32 tritone plates

Along with Byker

the signs of grief or desparation in the corner of an eye – people breaking through the glass of loneliness

Softback four panel

but not me