A contemporary photographic exhibition looking at the relationship between trading activities and their environment in Guangzhou, China – Bristol’s twin city.

Guangzhou (Canton) has been an important point of contact between China and Europe since the early eighteenth century with all foreign trade restricted to just this port city.

Inspired by themes that emerge from within the 34,000 images digitised by the ‘Historical Photographs of China’ project, Bristol based photographer Alejandro Acin has photographed some of the most important markets in Guangzhou. The aim was to create a visual narrative based on the routine trading activities of market traders and their relations with their environment.

The exhibition will be displayed within a shipping container on the city’s dockside linking to Bristol’s own trading past.

The project is part of the AHRC-funded British Inter-university China Centre’s cultural engagement activities.

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