Li Yalong, a bureaucrat in China’s Hubei province, has been photo-documenting the forced demolitions of peoples’ homes in the region, first posing action figures from the disempowerment-allegory film Avatar in the shots to make sure his point isn’t missed:
Atop the ruins of the twisted steel and broken concrete blocks in a demolition site sit a pair of turquoise-painted dolls. Bearing a resemblance to characters from the film, “Avatar,” the dolls are part of a project by photographer Li Yalong, who works as the Deputy Secretary of Yichang City in Hubei Province
An Unofficial Critique of Forced Demolitions
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