Photographing Kung Fu in the Qufu School of Shaolin Kung Fu, China
Ameena Rojee’s collection, Hard Work, documents life at the School of Shaolin Kung Fu in Qufu, China.
Rojee travelled to the school following a “split-second decision”, she says, inspired by the martial arts films she had watched growing up, and as part of a broader interest in exploring human limits and our power to break them.
The images candidly depict a world poised between the romance of the old and the expediency of the new, where traditional monk’s robes float above Nike trainers, and religious icons vie with plastic bags for the viewer’s attention.
It is a leitmotif Rojee shares with photographer …read more
Via: BJP
