My work on a new phase of urbanization in China is published this week in Le Figaro Magazine, one of France’s respected general news publications. This story started out as a front-page assignment for the New York Times a few years ago. Since the Time’s publication, I continued shooting the theme on my own as I traveled around China, resulting in the current expanded work. Faced with shrinking exports and slowing growth, Chinese Communist leaders are pushing ahead with a gigantic, historic plan to uproot hundreds of millions of farmers and turn their fields into urban dwellings in six years …

Women from the #Miao minority in Guizhou province, #China, dye cloth using pig’s blood. The fabrics will be used in traditional costumes. ⠀ ⠀

A woman from the #Miao minority in Guizhou province, #China, operates an ancient weaving machine. Such traditions are fast-disappearing as modern technology over take age-old methods. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ A woman from the #Miao minority in Guizhou province, #China, operates an ancient weaving machine. Such traditions are fast-disappearing as modern technology over take age-old methods. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀

A hand darkened by natural dyes belonging to a #Miao minority woman in Guizhou province, #China, operates an ancient weaving machine. Such traditions are fast-disappearing as modern technology overtakes age-old methods. ⠀ ⠀ The main dye includes pig’s blood and tree bark. ⠀ ⠀ I am currently traveling in Guizhou. ⠀ ⠀

A river creates a “tai-chi” formation in southwestern #China’s Yunnan province. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

Had the pleasure of shooting this night scene in Hong Kong during a curry with a friend. ⠀ ⠀⠀ Part of a #Hongkong #photostory about the city’s return to #China 20 years ago today. ⠀ ⠀

Free speech being tested in Hong Kong, an outspoken city that returned to Chinese rule 20 years ago. Tens of thousands of people gathered one recent evening to remember Tiananmen Square,1989. ⠀ ⠀

Germany’s Stern Magazine today publishes my photo essay about Hong Kong, 20 years after the city’s return to China from British rule. The story is a joint effort with the Hamburg picture desk, writer Janis Vougioukas, and everyone photographed. It was a good week. Thanks all.