We were recently featured on Penang Monthly, a magazine devoted to happenings and news in the northern island city of Malaysia. This was part of the Arles Photography Open Salon exhibition where our work was declared as the overall winner.
We have attached the interview below, but please proceed to the link for the full article.
Stefen Chow.By Jeffrey Hardy Quah
What does it mean to be poor, really?
We have included some interior shots of our recent exhibition at the Caochangdi Photospring Festival at the Three Shadows Gallery in Beijing, China. 168 pieces of works are shown, depicting China 2010, China 2012, France and USA case studies. The exhibition is now on till the 13th May 2012.
CNY 6.30 (USD 1.00, EUR 0.75). This is based on China’s national poverty line of CNY 2,300 per capita annual income.
Since its earliest definition of CNY 100 in 1978, China’s poverty line has been adjusted over 20 times, mostly due to inflation adjustments. The poverty line definition of CNY 2,300 was announced at the end of November 2011, and is nearly double of the immediate preceding poverty line of CNY 1,274. Under the new definition, there are an estimated 128 million rural poor, nearly one-tenth of China’s population. Continue reading
EUR 31.63; EUR 5.60 (USD 7.68) for food. This is based on per capita per-day basis of the poverty line for France and low-income household food expenditure.
In 2008, France’s poverty rate was 13%, totaling about 8 million people. Poverty rates are highest among single parent families, people living alone, and large families. In its national approach to fighting poverty, from 2007-2012 France targeted a long-term reduction of the poverty rate by one-third, as well as a 15% reduction in the number of people subject to poor living conditions, and a 10% reduction in the proportion of people living in unemployed households. Continue reading
USD 31.08; USD 4.91 (EUR 3.60) for food. This is based on per capita per-day basis of the poverty threshold (set for single-person, under age 65 households, the most common structure of poor households), and low-income household food expenditure.
In 2010, the USA’s poverty rate was 15.1 %, with 46.2 million people earning under the poverty line. This number is the highest in the 52 years that the poverty estimates have been released, revealing the impact of the economic recession especially on working-class families. About one-third of the poor were from suburban areas, and 22% of American children under 18 years old were considered poor. Continue reading
We are in the midst of the installation at the Caochangdi Photospring 2012, and we are excited with the space and concept so far. Three series will be featured: The USA poverty line, the French poverty line and the Chinese poverty line. Take a look at the pictures below. Thanks to all the volunteers who have spared their precious time to make these possible. 
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