Undercover in the Modern -- Part 1: Urban Panoramic Photobook

Author: Zhan Caiqiang et al
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: A contemporary urban beggar documentary, a shocking and moving work. Renowned journalists resigned from their jobs to become beggars, providing absolute firsthand material, exposing the origins, lives, and inner desires of beggars. Why did they "become" beggars, and why did they insist on resigning from their jobs and losing their livelihoods? This book offers clear explanations. We overcame concerns about unemployment and criticism from family and friends, completing an experience that many people find difficult to understand. We traveled throughout the three towns of Wuhan, living rough and doing our best to find and contact the homeless and beggars. They are "a vast, scattered tribe." Among the various beggars, who are genuine, and who are fake? What secrets lie behind them? We share the truth of what we saw and experienced.