Li Yu and Liu Bo, the photographers behind this project, explain:
Our selection of the news stories was inspired by the early-mentioned news report. But nowadays, the magic power and literary value of news has far exceeded our anticipation and even films: deceit, murder, eroticism and violence…so striking and unimaginable. How can one decide whether these stories have truly happened or not simply relying on written words? Maybe it's not important, at least they have truly existed in the papers. But as for the readers, these stories are as eye-catching as the blushing girl in her torn-up skirt. That's the so-called media truth. The life of today is the history of tomorrow. Someone says that history is like a girl ready to be dressed up by anyone. Now, let's put the girl with the torn-up skirt back into another beautiful outfit.
Image above:
Chutian Metropolis Daily 2006-12-02
A ï¿¥100,000 cellphone was lost in the hospital and returned by the nurse
Yesterday, a beautiful 20-year-old girl lost her cellphone in a maternity hospital of Wuhan and soon it was returned back by the nurse. The owner said, this cellphone was launched by the most luxurious mobile phone brand, Vertu. As one of the Racetrack Legends Series, it was worth ï¿¥100,000.
Link to "13 Months in the Year of the Dog." Spotted on Raul Gutierrez' blog, with more background: Link.
