Mårten Lange – Ghost Witness

Mårten Lange – Ghost WitnessChina has a rich tradition of ghost stories and supernatural beliefs. There are tales of ghosts that can shape shift, or turn into air, or pure darkness or light. In Ghost Witness, Mrten Lange tells the story of a country rushing towards the future with the past following silently behind, like a spectre in the smog. In his time in China, Lange visited urban metropolises that have expanded rapidly in recent years, as a result of hyper accelerated

now-historical role

and abjection – while also revealing them as two sides of the same coin

with tip-in onto Japanese sugar paper

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school gyms

subcultures

a farmer with contaminated cattle

It's about the little stories that have defined our history

Pujade-Lauraine’s photographs depict the mundane details of the urban environment

Intimate private photographs break through the seemingly objective approach so that public and private space spill over into each other

Forty-five years ago in 1974