PORTFOLIO - Greg Girard : Phantom Shanghai
Until recently, a former resident of Shanghai from the 1930s or 1940s, returning to the city decades later, would have a good chance of being able to locate his or her old home since urban development for profit was suspended for nearly a half century.
However, as Shanghai modernizes, entire neighbourhoods that were once preserved “by accident” are being deliberately demolished. It is those buildings, shops, homes, and neighbourhoods that Greg Girard has been photographing for the past five years. His works depict the temporary coexistence of the old and new Shanghais. There is a ghostlike feeling to these images recorded at dusk or at night on daylight transparency film.
Greg Girard, Phantom Shanghai, épreuves chromogènes / c-prints formats variables / variable dimensions, avec la permission de / courtesy of: Magenta Books & Monte Clark Gallery; Neighbourhood Demolition, Lane 259, Yuyuan Lu, 2005 ; Neighbourhood Demolition, Zhoupu Lu, 2006.
© Greg Girard
Greg Girard, Thames Town, Songjiang District, 2005.
© Greg Girard
Greg Girard, Miezhu Lu, Nanshi District, 2006; Cultural Revolution-Era Mao Mural, Yan Family House, 2001.
© Greg Girard
Greg Girard, Sink in Courtyard, Xikang Lu, 2003; Alley with Mirrors, Nanchang Lu, 2002.
© Greg Girard
Greg Girard, House on Yuyuan Lu, Yuyuan Lu, 2001; House on Huashan Lu, North View, Lane 322, Huashan Lu, 2005; Condemned House, Lane 39, Kanding Lu, 2006; Condemned Building Lobby, Pinghu Lu, 2005.
© Greg Girard
Greg Girard, Condemned Factory, Moganshan Lu, 2002.
© Greg Girard
La rédaction · CV81 · Monday, 02 March 2009 00:00
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