Rian Dundon - Bing Bing and Me
Fan Bing Bing is one of Mainland China's biggest pop stars. An actress and fashion icon, she is most famous for her roles in the widely popular soap operas that are followed devotedly by hundreds of millions of people across China.
"In 2008 and 2009 I spent nearly a year traveling with Bing Bing as she worked on various projects throughout China and Asia. During these months I was witness to her busy working life and its endless series of promotional appearances, film sets, luxury hotels and elaborate meals. Her’s was a world of nouveau-riche celebrity privilege where private banquets and police escorts are the norm and running from crowds of frenzied fans is all in a day's work. I often discovered photos of myself in the Chinese tabloids – awkward, blurry images shot from a distance by hidden paparazzi."
Brian L Frank - The Death of the Colorado
“The Colorado River, a waterway that stretches over 1400 miles from its origins in the Rocky Mountains to the Sea of Cortez, is a dying river. The waterway is now a shell of it's former self as overpopulation, pollution, over-damning, and global warming all combine to deteriorate not only the natural habitat, but degrade the cultures that historically relied upon its bounty for life. This extended photo essay chronicles my journey along its shores focusing on the American Southwest and the Northern Baja and Sonora regions of Mexico. From Las Vegas to San Luis del Rio Colorado, a thread of sorrow being suffered by the common people stands in stark contrast to the occasional vein of plenty being enjoyed by the wealthy few.”
There will be in depth interviews with both artists published shortly.