08/08/2008

– August 8, 2008

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, seen from Ditan Park very close to the Bird Nest stadium. I like the photo besides, very symbolic, a Chinese on the shoulders of a foreigner… China finally ranked first – and USA second – for the first time in the history…

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About Eric Leleu

I have been living in China as a photographer for a few years. My brain is obsessed by concepts such as authority, consumerism, capitalism, geopolitics, sociology or urbanity... In a word, I am interested in our contemporaries (you and I) and the world as it becomes. My focus is the dynamics of public spaces: the interrelationship between the authority, the crowd and the individual. As for my eye, it is looking for colors and intensity. My dream is simple: having a few of my photos living longer than me...