The series documents a journey across China during the 1980s, when public transportation such as buses, trains, horse and carriage and bicycles were central to daily movement. The photographs were taken while traveling from Xinjiang to Shenzhen, after crossing the Karakoram Highway from Pakistan, eventually leading to Hong Kong. Shot on grainy film and captured while moving through unfamiliar places, the images record everyday encounters and moments from a period that reflects a very different China than today.
Photographer Victor Shohet is a London-based street photographer whose interest in photography began in his teenage years. His practice developed further during what was intended to be a short trip but became six years of travel, mostly in Asia and later Europe, including time in Eastern Europe during the collapse of communism. Working in the era of film photography taught him to value each frame and spend long hours in the darkroom. After returning and spending years working in the financial sector, he chose to return to photography full time. . His work has been published and exhibited in several cities worldwide.