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SUMMARY:The Door Opened: 1980s China - Photographs by Adrian Bradshaw
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DESCRIPTION:One can argue that nostalgia is the strongest emotion\, a pur
 e mixture of wistfulness and melancholy. Adrian Bradshaw\, an English ph
 otographer\, brings that sense of yearning into full focus in his exhibi
 tion ‘The Door Opened: 1980’s China’\, and subsequent book. Bradshaw’s e
 xhibit features a blend of candid and posed photographs which explore Ch
 ina in the 1980’s\; from opulent fashion extravaganzas to sentimental fa
 mily excursions\, he captures the fleeting beauty and simplicity of ever
 yday life. \n\nBritish photojournalist Adrian Bradshaw came as a student
  to Beijing in 1984 just as everyday life was in flux. Caught up in the 
 ferment of the time he went on to spend three decades documenting the tr
 ansformation of China as the vast nation changed and opened up to the wo
 rld. \nBradshaw\, then in his 20s\, was in the company of the young peop
 le who embraced this time of opportunity. The majority of China’s popula
 tion then was under 25 and it was largely their energy and creativity th
 at powered the changes now reverberating around the world: the artists\,
  entrepreneurs\, farmers and industrialists whose enthusiasm and positiv
 ity made things happen were\, at the time these pictures were taken\, ju
 st beginning to sense the possibilities.\n\nThis exhibition\, brought to
  Manchester Central Library by the Confucius Institute at The University
  of Manchester\, is a vivid record of a pivotal period in modern history
  that deserves greater understanding. \n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Manchester Central Library\, St Peter Square\, Manchester\, M2 5
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