Beijing Silvermine is an archive of 850 000 negatives salvaged over the last ten years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing. Assembled by the French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin, Beijing Silvermine offers a unique photographic portrait of the Chinese capital and the life of its inhabitants in the decade following the Cultural Revolution.
北京银矿是由过去十年间850 000张拯救于北京郊区一回收站的底片组成的档案库,由法国收藏家和艺术家苏文(Thomas Sauvin)集成,展示了文化大革命后中国首都和居民生活的独特影像记录。