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Jakarta Post interview with the photographer
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Currently, over half of the 25 highest buildings on the planet are in eastern Asian cities: Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Bangkok to name a few (meanwhile, five of them are in America and none are in Europe).Asian megacities also hardly have a chance to fall into a slumber: Bright neon lights readily illuminate the streets as soon as the sun disappears.
“My idea is that the cities seem to be unreal, they are like computer games,” said the 44-year-old photographer. “I wanted to recreate these animated images in my photographs.”
According to the United Nations, by 2010, half of the world’s 30 largest cities will be in Asia, compared to only five from Western Europe and America. Neon Tigers is undoubtedly a fitting project for this century.
The idea to photograph the megacities was inspired by his first visit to Bangkok in 1995. While he was zipping through the city’s elevated highways, he could see the people peddling food or clothes underneath the concrete structures.
“I was reminded of the [science-fiction, futuristic novelist] William Gibson, who created the works of hi-tech and lo-life,” Bialobrzeski said. “I told myself that I had to return one day.”
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