China: 20 years of Change, 1987-2007, a photo exhibit by accomplished professional photographer Paul Titangos, opened with a reception on Friday, August 1, 2008 from 5 to 10 PM, as part of the First Friday Art Tour. The show will have a closing ceremony also on Friday, September 5 at Titangos Photography Studio, 216-A Fern Street, near downtown Santa Cruz.
If Michelangelo Antonioni's Chung Kuo/Cina/China irretrievably recorded many valuable historical moments vanished or vanishing from today's China, as Dr. Ying Huang has pointed in the previous post, Paul Titangos succeeds in capturing China's last twenty years, and in documenting the many profound changes that have taken place in China, from street scenes in large cities, to life in remote agricultural and rural settings. Many of lifestyles and environs photographed by Titangos in the 80’s and 90’s have faded from existence, replaced by colorful and vibrant images depicting China’s emphatic emergence into the 21st century. The prints, in both color and black and white, also chronicle the photographer’s migration through film and digital media over the same twenty-year period.
To listen to an interview with the photographer about the exhibit on KUSP radio, click on the July 7, 2008 segment.
Please phone (831) 423-8786 or check the First Friday Art Tour for more interesting details.
