Magnum Photosのインスタグラム(magnumphotos) - 3月2日 04時01分

"With photography, Sim Chi Yin’s ongoing project “Shifting Sands” asks three fundamental questions. Who is “reclaiming” that land? From whom? And for whom? - Justinien Tribillon
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Today on Magnum, we share the latest chapter in Magnum nominee @chiyin_sim's ongoing project, 'Shifting Sands', which looks at the booming international trade in sand, and its grave implications. Link in bio.
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PHOTO: A view from on Phoenix island, Sanya, Hainan. Phoenix Island, on the resort city of Sanya, was the Hainan island’s first flagship land reclamation mega project, attracting internationally renowned architects. Reclaimed between 2002 and 2003, and opened for business in 2015, the artificial island in Sanya Bay has luxury apartments, hotels and a cruise centre — all a short distance from the centre of the city. A second phase of reclamation was undertaken in 2014 bringing the total size of the island to 0.84 square kilometers. But this was found to have led to the erosion of over 2km of Sanya Bay’s coast. Following an environmental inspection in late 2017, the government has slapped a suspension on further construction as the project was found to have impacted coastal erosion and the ecosystem, and caused sedimentation at the mouth of the Sanya River. Companies involved in this project include New York-based Balmori Associates, which does landscape and urban design, and the brand-name Chinese architect Ma Yansong's firm MAD. China. 2018. From "Shifting Sands", 2017-on-going.
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This latest chapter of this on-going project was supported by Magnum and @PulitzerCenter for Crisis Reporting.
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