Andreas Seibert

From Somewhere to Nowhere

China's Internal Migrants

High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories, and mines. In growth centers like the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, million people have already set out from the underdeveloped provinces to earn their living there.

The photographer Andreas Seibert accompanied the workers repeatedly in order to document their everyday lives and their journey to the high-population centers. Their stories are told in a collection of striking photographs that provide a close-up portrait to complement the current discussion of economic growth in China. With its combination of text and images, this volume conveys a unique impression of the scale of this modern migration of peoples.

High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories, and mines. In growth centers like the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, million people have already set out from the underdeveloped provinces to earn their living there.

The photographer Andreas Seibert accompanied the workers repeatedly in order to document their everyday lives and their journey to the high-population centers. Their stories are told in a collection of striking photographs that provide a close-up portrait to complement the current discussion of economic growth in China. With its combination of text and images, this volume conveys a unique impression of the scale of this modern migration of peoples.

Author(s): Andreas Seibert

With contributions by Jeff Kingston, Andreas Seibert, Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao

Design: Integral Lars Müller

19 x 26 cm, 7 ½ x 10 ¼ in

320 pages, 228 illustrations

hardback

2008, 978-3-03778-146-3, English
CHF 45.00

Andreas Seibert

Andreas Seibert, Photographer

Andreas Seibert (*1970 in Wettingen, Switzerland) studied photography at the Hochschule der Künste in Zürich and German literature and philosophy at the University of Zurich. As a photographer, he focuses on photographic long-term studies, mainly in the Asian region, where he lived from 1997-2013. His photographs are part of private collections as well as the permanent collection at The Swiss Foundation of Photography and the Aargauer Kunsthaus. His work has been published in international magazines and shown in exhibitions worldwide.