The rapidly changing city, and the people who continue to live their lives unchanged.
This photo collection features photographs taken by photographer An Chao-fan, who visited his small hometown in China for the first time in four years, walking through the streets and villages, superimposing memories and reality.
While high-rise buildings and bullet train stations sprang up as a result of the Beijing Olympics, the countryside still retained the charm of red brick houses, mosques, and the daily lives of its people.
Born into a Hui family, a minority ethnic group that practices Islam, Awa recalls her childhood memories through the sight of relatives gathering on the anniversary of a death.
Even though the cityscape changes, people's lives remain the same—that realization leads to a new connection with one's hometown.
[Title] The Return
[Publisher] Wan Publishing
[Publication Date] April 15, 2025, Limited to 200 copies
[Number of Pages] No page numbers
[Size] Approximately 30.5 x 30.5 cm, 0.40 kg
[Format] Softcover
[Title Reading] Kikyorai, The Return
[Author(s), Editor(s), etc.] Weng Chao-fan / Author, Tang Ya-yi / Design, Wada Satoshi / Japanese Translation
[Printing] One-copy printing
[ISBN] None
[Condition] Brand new
[Accessories] Case, 1 separate statement sheet
[Published in] None
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Wǎn Cháofán (1991-)
Born in 1991 in Gu'an County, Hebei Province, China.
In 2021, I completed my doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
In 2021, she won the Excellence Award at the 44th Photo New Century for her work "The River Knows Everything - Arakawa".
In 2023, he won the 24th Jun Miki Award and the 23rd Sagamihara Photography New Talent Encouragement Award for "The River Knows Everything - Arakawa".
Currently, a co-managing member of Totem Pole Photo Gallery (Yotsuya, Tokyo).
Personal Homepage: http://www.wanchaofan.com
