{"product_id":"zhumo-undercurrents","title":"Zhu Mo: Undercurrents","description":"\u003cp\u003esoftcover, 21 x 27 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJZZP, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am simply someone who has no wish to understand reason, yet is forever captivated by appearances.\" — Shen Congwen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of 2014, I left Beijing and wandered around China. I went to the Northeast, North China, and places like Shanxi and Henan, and I also returned to my hometown, Hunan. Most of the time, I just drove aimlessly along national highways, encountering people and scenery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI photographed northern cities with dwindling populations, abandoned forestry farms, young men raising fish in rivers, and mothers and daughters in villages chasing fashion. I also photographed riverbeds covered in coal ash, bridges under construction, dream-chasers in small towns, dying animals, quarries, homes converted from abandoned buses, ancient pagodas overtaken by plants, as well as middle school students on buses, trucks on national highways...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese photographs fascinate me and also unsettle me. There is much I cannot explain clearly, yet I still want to stop and look a little longer. When I'm taking pictures, I still find myself generating some hope. But as I walk on, certain things I thought had already passed return in a different guise. We are right in the midst of it, moving forward with it, moving backward with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking at these photographs now, sometimes they feel like a layer of oil floating on water, turning into a shimmer of iridescent color. You can sense it, but not grasp it. At other times, I seem to see raging waves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jiazazhi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67590501859439,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0138\/9366\/4822\/files\/C6924046-D62D-4F53-9BED-BFF1CBAFFAD3.png?v=1790576605","url":"https:\/\/jiazazhistore.com\/products\/zhumo-undercurrents","provider":"Jiazazhi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}