Borrowing from romanticized notions of the American frontier, synonymous with ideals of exploration and expansion, I captured a visual narrative of Chinas westernmost region, Xinjiang. Whereas the American West conjures images of cowboys and pioneers, of manifest destiny and individualistic freedom, the Chinese West has not yet been so defined.
It is a place of pluralitiesof haunting, expansive landscapes, of rough mountains and vivid lakes, of new construction and... more