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Silver 2026 Editorial / Photo Essay

Paradise

  • Photographer
    Haishan Chen
  • Prize
    Silver in Editorial / Photo Essay

This set of photos was taken in various communities in Guangzhou. These elephant-shaped slides were common playground facilities in Chinese residential areas in the 1950s, modeled after the Soviet model. They are collective memories of our childhood. As time goes by, old residential areas and elephant slides are demolished due to the rapid pace of infrastructure development. Their gradual disappearance symbolizes a change in the era, and within this system, the collective imprint of this era influences us for several generations.This age is feral. They linger, laying bare this fleeting dream.

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