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Lu Guang is a Chinese photojournalist who focuses on social, environmental and economic issues. His covers a wide range of consequences which are due to China’s rapid industrialization. He is not a well known photographer and does not have his own website but is credited on World Press Photo as he has won some awards. His work has also been published in the National Geographic which he has received a grant from.
His work takes a very unique perspective on documentary photography as he combines it with abstract in my opinion to create thought provoking and intriguing images which reveal the truth about pollution in China, which the world has no clue about as the media will never cover the devastation which we have caused. I very much like his work as his images could be seen as controversial because they reveal things which the rest of the world is not meant to know because it reveals the true extent to which pollution has taken over the world and soon all countries will be like China, if we do not do anything about it now. His images are very well composed and thought out, Lu has taken the time to find and photograph the perfect spots which pollution is taking place and almost make them seem beautiful in a sense due to the angles and camera setting which he uses to create his images.
This is my favourite image which he as taken because he has managed to make a sewage pipe look beautiful and make the photo unique and interesting to the viewer. This image combines documentary and abstract photography because of the unusual place that this photo was taken. Lu Guang uses the pipe to create a frame around the buildings in the city and make your eyes focus on the center of the image. He has also used a slower shutter speed as the water flowing out of the pipe is blurry which adds to the effect of the image. However, even thought he has managed to create a beautiful image, there are signs of pollution such as they grey sky which is caused by Smog which is the result of high pollution levels in China, we can also see that the beach is also black with oil and soot coming from boats and particles of pollution settling down on the ground. This image makes you wonder why they would need such a large sewage pipe and how much is pumped out of it a day onto the beaches and into the sea which is transported to other parts of the world by the current. Many people think that the levels of pollution in China will stay there but eventually, it will make it’s way to Europe, America and Canada. This image is very intriguing and is thought provoking as the viewer will most likely create ideas in their head from the image such as what is was like in the pipe, how tall the pipe is for Lu Guang to fit in it and what it would look like filled to the brim with water and it gushing out onto the beaches.