1. In Tim Franco's series of Metamorpolis, he shows the rapid development and the "gritty" parts of Chongquin, China especially Bridge Construction. Franco used a simple camera that produced incredible photos. He stated that "most of the bridge photos were taken with two lenses and a classic, wide angle." He said that he wanted to keep the equipment as small as possible so that the Bridges that leads in and out of the city would be the most important. In all three of the photos I have chosen from his series, in each one, he shows the bridges being constructed, quiet, or busy for whatever reason it is during that time of the day.
2. Tim Franco wanted to represent more than what was just being shown in magazines, of China. He arrived to this non-stop, buzzing, chaotic city that was also under construction. Franco believed that this was the perfect city to study the social impact as well as the infrastructure impact of China's urban development. He explored the city "inside and out."
3. These photos are remarkable. The three of these photos all show either a bridge that is operationable or under construction between something so natural, and something so unnatural. Leaves against concrete parts of a bridge. A massive growing industrial city was already underway at that time. It's as if the different forces are bouncing back from one another wither by road or water traffic. Infrastructure is necessary for a better inner City. It's very interesting to see what happens to a city's natural, raw state, when road or river traffic change it and transform it into something else, something ugly or productive.
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