China in the lens of a French photographer: Laowai as migrant workers in 2050 China?
What will China be like in the future? French photographer Benoit Cezard recently expressed his view by traveling all around China and taking a set of photographs titled “China 2050″. What’s strange however is that the people in these photographs are mostly blue-eyed, big-nosed laowai [foreigners]:
“As China rapidly develops, future China’s migrant workers will be replaced by westerners, so they have to get used to it in advance.” This was the explanation Benoit Cezard himself provided.
What will China be like in the future? French photographer Benoit Cezard recently expressed his view by traveling all around China and taking a set of photographs titled “China 2050″. What’s strange however is that the people in these photographs are mostly blue-eyed, big-nosed laowai [foreigners]:
“As China rapidly develops, future China’s migrant workers will be replaced by westerners, so they have to get used to it in advance.” This was the explanation Benoit Cezard himself provided.
