Hong Hao scans thousands of things he uses in daily life, such as maps, ID cards, books, clothes, tickets and even food. For 12 years, he has kept putting all these things into photos to record his daily life, reflecting how consumerism affects our lives.

Ma Liang spent 10 years taking photos for people hoping to realize their dreams through images. He transformed his car into a moving photo studio and traveled to 35 cities, taking the pictures of 1,600 people.

With the development of technology, what is the meaning of photography? What can it bring to us when artificial intelligence seems as if it can do anything? That's also the exhibition's aim, says the curator — to demonstrate the great changes of society.

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