Lu Nan's triology symbolically named "Divine Comedy" after Dante Alighiery's is really worth the visit. Upon having read what the temporary exhibition was about, I must confess I had no idea I would be so touched by this extraordinary photographer's perspective on life inside mental hospitals, life in isolated rural areas in China and daily life in Tibete. The fact that all photographs are black and white adds to the grim reality which is portrayed, particularly the one in the confinement of mental hospices or homes.
1 - The forgotten people: Living conditions of China's psychiatric patients (photos taken from 1989 to 1990).
2 - On the road: Catholic Faith in China (Photos taken from 1992 to1996).
Attending mass - Shaanxi - 1992 (left). Teenager carrying the Holy image - Shaanxi- 1992 (right).
Priest and nun baptysing an old woman, Yunnan- 1993
3 - Four seasons: Everyday life of Tibetan peasants (Photos taken from 1996 to 2004).
Girl with maternal grandmother - Tibet - 2002 (left). Old woman ploughing a field - Tibet - 2004 (right)
Peasants thanking God for having bestowed them with a good harvest - Tibet - 2003 (left). Family resting - Tibet - 1999 (right).
Before leaving I still managed to sit through a film on every image being displayed at the exhibition. Despite having seen them twice (so to say) I didn't feel it had too much ... there was a kind of human beauty even in the harshest images ...
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