Heroes
play a significant part in our lives. When
we think or dream of heroes, we
usually associate them with those we encounter
on the big screen. Super men and
super women with immense and magical powers.
They have no enemies and if they
do they confront them without fear. But
these heroes are off-springs of our imagination;
born into a virtual world that they will
never leave. They are not real. Yet, we
often aspire to become like them.
Photography
by Ono Ludwig Text by Claudia Dichtl
democratic
book # 29
The
Cost of Power in China:
The Three Gorges Dam and the
Yangtze River Valley
This
photo essay represents a story about one
individual’s experience traveling
the 400 miles of the Yangtze River valley
in 1999, documenting the way life was before
the reservoir buried 13 cities, 140 towns
and 1,342 villages. There was the distinct
feeling of living in a Russian existential
novel - watching people go about their daily
routines all the while knowing that soon
their lives will be forever changed as they
are forced into an uncertain future.
