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New landscapes
Chinese photographer Liu Yao (Yao Lu) creates vintage prints from the trash heap. In his photo project called "New Landscapes" at the forefront mountains, rivers, rocks, towers, mist, waterfalls. And only after looking closely, we see that at the heart of the stunning scenery landfills covered by green protective netting.
A kind of optical illusion is a consequence of the digital processing. Liu Yao for this series an opportunity to show the richness and purity of nature, the beauty of which humanity has turned into a dump, exposing her environmental threat. Inspired by Chinese painting artist with the help of his engravings blurs the line between past and future, showing the state of the nation at different times. His paintings he shows urbanization, which currently cover the whole country.
At home, in Beijing, Liu Yao quite popular. He repeatedly became the winner of various competitions for contemporary photography. He teaches at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In the West, his work has been exhibited only a few times - 1997 at an exhibition in Austria and in 2008 at the International Festival in Houston.
A kind of optical illusion is a consequence of the digital processing. Liu Yao for this series an opportunity to show the richness and purity of nature, the beauty of which humanity has turned into a dump, exposing her environmental threat. Inspired by Chinese painting artist with the help of his engravings blurs the line between past and future, showing the state of the nation at different times. His paintings he shows urbanization, which currently cover the whole country.
At home, in Beijing, Liu Yao quite popular. He repeatedly became the winner of various competitions for contemporary photography. He teaches at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In the West, his work has been exhibited only a few times - 1997 at an exhibition in Austria and in 2008 at the International Festival in Houston.
