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:: CATEGORIES :: > Dewi Lewis Mother of All Journeys by Dinu Li Inspired by the memories of his mother, originally told to Dinu Li as childhood bed-time stories, The Mother of All Journeys traces, through photographs and personal quotes, the story of a woman born in rural China and her escape to a new life via Hong Kong and eventually the industrial north of England. Li collaborated with his mother, using each other’s recollections as starting points and comparing the actual with the images lodged in their minds. Li’s photographs tease out fragmented moments in time, charting rural traditions from 1920s China and the communist ideologies of the late 1940s. Spanning two decades from the mid 50s, Li turns his attention to a Hong Kong changing from fishing village to urban metropolis. Under British administration, it was a time of sweatshops and western influence. Finally Li focuses on Britain, from the resettlement of his family there in the 70s, at a time of strikes and de-industrialisation, through to the millennium, and an era of multiculturalism and globalisation. Aided by family snapshots and Li’s mother’s narration, The Mother of All Journeys triggers a sense of repetition and nostalgia, invoking glimpses of the times we live in. Born in Hong Kong in 1965, Dinu Li now lives in Manchester, England. His work has been widely exhibited both in the UK as well as abroad in shows in Beijing, Shanghai, Berlin and Toronto. Hardback, clothbound with insert 96 pages, 62 colour photographs 280mm x 225mm ISBN: 978-1-904587-41-5 Published in association with Autograph and the Arts Council of England. Price: £25.00 Member price: £20 Enter the appropriate quantity you wish to buy below, then click the 'Add To Cart' button to place this item in your shopping cart. * - Denotes a required field. Quantity * Diary of a Dancer by Elinor Carucci Price: £30.00 Member price: £24

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