Beijing Silvermine: Discarded, Unseen Photos of China in the 80s and 90s

Beijing Silvermine is an ongoing project by French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin. It boasts nearly a million found photos showing life in China from the 1980s to the early 2000s. During this period, the photographic color negative film became popular among Chinese families to record their special occasions. “Beijing Silvermine started in May 2009 […]