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  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A ferry crossing on the Yangtze Kiang river between the old and the new city of Fengdu.



  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.Children playing in the old city of Fengdu, soon to be destroyed before the Three Gorges Dam project can be completed.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A little girl playing in the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A terrace near a jetty in the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed; the next day, the water level had risen well above the jetty now totally submerged.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.Inhabitants in. the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed.


  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A temple in the "ghost City"..

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.Chinese tourists visiting the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed. In the background, the "new" city on the right bank of the Yangtze Kiang river..

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A little girl chopping wood in the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A little boyl playing his flute .in the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.Inhabitants contemplating the ruins in the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.Very few inhabitants remain in the "old" city of Fengdu, soon to be totally destroyed, among them, a significant number of prostitutes...

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.Card players and prostitutes in the old city of Fengdu.


  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.An old woman, surviving only by the recuperation of building materials in the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.The remaining population of the old city of Fengdu consists of very poor, old, or in this case sick people...

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A few very poor families still live in derelict buildings in the old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed.

  • Fengdu, China, August 2003.A little girl playing in the ruble of the .old city of Fengdu, already half-destroyed to allow the Three Gorges Dam project to be completed.

  • Zhongxian, China, August 2003.Thousands of buildings near the river waterline are being destroyed before the water level reaches them.


  • Wangzhou, China, August 2003.A chinese tourist films the Yangtze Kiang river near the entrance of the 3 gorges.


  • Wanzhou, China, August 2003.Many old or ressourceless people fall "through the net" and become homeless as thousands of buildings are destroyed along 700 km of the Yangtze Kiang river because of the 3 Gorges Dam project..


























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