Three Days in Shanghai

The photographer Jingli Wu comes from eastern China. In September 2015, he travelled to Shanghai to participate in a Master Class with Chien-Chi Chang, Jacob Aue Sobol, Olivia Arthur and Thomas Dworzak, and explored the city with the eyes of a newcomer. “To be honest, I hardly know Shanghai. I was only a tourist here, but I always kept my eyes open and I tried to look at the city with an honest and undisguised eye.” During a stay of just three days, a series emerged that captured lively-coloured, bizarre details of everyday life in the megacity.

For Jingli Wu, photography is primarily a personal hobby, and the ambitious amateur photographer sees that as an advantage. “I’m still a novice in questions of photography. Even if I am deepening my hobby, and I have already prepared a comprehensive portfolio, I don’t want to earn any money with it. Maybe that’s one of the reason why, when I’m taking pictures, I always quickly gain the trust of people in my surroundings.”