Retrospective Tense
Retrospective Tense and Progressive Tense are two photography series that explore Li’s innermost attachments in specific locations. These locations are places that had the most profound impact on Li’s personal journey. Upon using styles of photojournalism and street photography, he conveys his personal reflections of the exterior, which is surprisingly, rationally and humorously intimate.
Retrospective Tense are series of photographs Li has documented in his hometown Dali. Upon returning to his home after years of emergence within a different culture, he was astonished by the tremendous transformation in Dali. He revisited streets and sites where he had deep attachment with, and tends to use photography as a mean to eradicate and replace his old depiction of Dali.
“请在昆明下车的旅客拿好物品。”
”Passengers who arrives at Kunming, please check on your personal belonging.”
《毁了再造》
Construct & Contribute
《前门》
Front Doors
《午时》
12 at Noon
《丧葬》
Mourn
《山夹》
Depth of a Valley
《茶马古道骑个马》
On the Back of a Tea Horse Road
《墙后》
Behind the Walls
Dimensions vary
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