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Yan Cong (b.1991) is a researcher and independent photographer based in Amsterdam. Her current research interests are platform, datafication, ethical AI, culture production and labor. Yan is the co-founder of Far & Near , a newsletter...
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Small Catholic statues are on the shelf of a shop in Bobei village, in Guangdong province, China on March 4, 2018. About 800 people in the local community are Catholic.
Villagers farm on their small piece of land in Guangdong province, China on March 3, 2018. Most of the young people leave Hepo for big cities to work, leaving older generation behind to farm.
A Mary statue stands in the courtyard of Luotianba Church in Guangdong province, China on March 4, 2018. Luotianba Church was built in 1840 by a French missionary.
I photographed a Catholic village in Guangdong province that's caught in the middle of a deal between Beijing and the Vantican, on assignment for The Washington Post. Read the article here.