Great Leap Forward
12-oz Yanjing at Tian An Men Square, Beijing, China
The paternal visage of Mao Tse-tung gazes out like a watchful father in this ground-breaking work. During this time, Kun Pai worked as a staff photographer for the Communist mouthpiece The People's Daily. He displayed little indication of the greatness that would follow, until one fateful day on Tian An Men Square.
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All Along the Watchtower
12-oz Tsing Tao at the Great Wall of China
Freed of Communist Party control, Kun Pai begins to spread his wings in this photo that captures the changing face of China. The wall symbolizes the stifling constraints of the Mao era, while the Tsing Tao represents the new time of individual liberty, self-indulgence, and personal growth.
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