Beijing, Shanghai and Changchun
"I bore in mind one of the thoughts attributed to Confucius to help guide me through my first steps in the Middle Kingdom: 'Absence of talent in a woman is a virtue.' So I set off in search of talented women…"
Abstracts
"China is the country that has the most of everything, and also, as a result, the most coal mines. In a big outpouring of pure rhetoric, the Chinese government recently declared its great concern about ecological issues while also planning to bring current production of 2.1 billion tons of coal… up to 2.4 billion tons in 2010. Similarly, drastic laws have been promulgated on security in the mining environment.
Except that in the field, below the ground, corruption sets the law. Official statistics announce 6,000 deaths every year. Unofficial estimations cast out a figure of 20,000 deaths. Wen Wen lives in a small village near the Korean border, an hour or two from Baishan, literally 'White Mountain'. In summer, Baishan mountain is grey, veering towards anthracite black.
Extract from Zoé Zoé, Femmes du mondes, 2007, Éditions Gallimard
Works
![CHINA 1714](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_yan_li_na.jpg?itok=PoVkaqaf)
Changchun, China
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![CHINA 1716](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_yan_li_na2.jpg?itok=lKJoYl_z)
Changchun, China
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![CHINA 1718](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_changchun.jpg?itok=AyqrSD6Q)
China
Gouache and pencil on paper
37 x 92 cm
![CHINA 1720](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_wen_wen.jpg?itok=cTttq4CP)
Wangou, China
Gouache and pencil on paper
46 x 37 cm
![CHINA 1722](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_wen_wen2.jpg?itok=UYDvQKJV)
Wangou, China
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![CHINA 1775](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_la_mine.jpg?itok=zRfnepVm)
Wangou, China
Middle format Contax 645
30 x 24 cm
![CHINA 1777](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_a_la_maison.jpg?itok=daNsvYe2)
Wangou, China
Middle format Contax 645
65 x 90 cm
![CHINA 1779](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_plantations_bucoliques.jpg?itok=oizkyuCH)
Wangou, China
C-Print
185 x 150 cm
![CHINA 1732](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mei_mei.jpg?itok=X0DiCD_Q)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![CHINA 1734](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mei_mei2.jpg?itok=R0e9xTSK)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![CHINA 1736](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mei_mei3.jpg?itok=3hI_L7Ts)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![CHINA 1738](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mei_mei4.jpg?itok=X6Ye4D3G)
Beijing, China
Middle format Contax 645
70 x 90 cm
![CHINA 1730](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_wen_hui.jpg?itok=Fi4Qb9ev)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
43 x 33 cm
![CHINA 1741](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_xu_jingley.jpg?itok=61dQ2Yhe)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
37 x 46 cm
![CHINA 1743](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_wang_yue.jpg?itok=jy-niTz-)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
100 x 47 cm
![CHINA 1781](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_yi_li_na.jpg?itok=7gjkF1lm)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
100 x 47 cm
![CHINA 1784](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_senggy.jpg?itok=fl6YiIAu)
Beijing, China
Gouache on paper
100 x 47 cm
![CHINA 1787](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_les_rockeuses_de_pekin.jpg?itok=SPC_dhJq)
China
Middle format Contax 645
55 x 48 cm
Maps
![CHINA 1709](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/cartes/tit_2017_cartes_chine.jpg?itok=8rzHnDNu)
Gouache on paper
80 x 120 cm
Making-of
![Illustration Making Of](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/width-half/public/uploads/illustration/tit_2017_makingof_chine.jpg?itok=NG-5frL4)
© Bruno Pellarin
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© Bruno Pellarin
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© Bruno Pellarin
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© Bruno Pellarin
Image by Delphine Bole