{"id":2870,"date":"2016-04-18T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/growth-and-progress-in-china-documented-with-eye-opening-photo-series\/"},"modified":"2016-04-18T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:30:49","slug":"growth-and-progress-in-china-documented-with-eye-opening-photo-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/growth-and-progress-in-china-documented-with-eye-opening-photo-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth and progress in China documented with eye-opening photo series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE4LzVhL3Bob3RvLjAwNmRjLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/9587de68\/de8\/photo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Growth+and+progress+in+China+documented+with+eye-opening+photo+series&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F18%2Fchina-photography%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F18%2Fchina-photography%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wow, China look how well you&#8217;ve aged. You don&#8217;t look a day over 600,000.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">MIT alum and photography enthusiast\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dheera.net\/\">Dheera Venkatraman<\/a><\/span>\u00a0gave some old photos of Chinese landmarks an updated look by recreating the shots with the same lens, from the same location. The result is a remarkable glimpse into the progress and change of the country. Venkatraman <a href=\"https:\/\/dheera.net\/photos\/journeys\/timetravelchina#0\">describes the photo series<\/a> on his site:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/05\/techies-portraits-gender-race-startups\/\">Photographer beautifully documents the underrepresented faces of the technology world<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE4LzE5L2ltZ18wMDA1LjNkZTM1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg\/e370d693\/d85\/img_0005.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  <a href=\"http:\/\/dheera.net\"><span>DHEERA VENKATRAMAN\/DHEERA.NET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE4LzQxL2ltZ18wMDAxLmFhOTFjLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg\/359b8987\/bc6\/img_0001.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  <a href=\"http:\/\/DHEERA.NET\"><span>DHEERA VENKATRAMAN\/DHEERA.NET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE4LzU5L2ltZ18wMDAyLjNhZTNmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg\/21ff72cc\/829\/img_0002.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  <a href=\"http:\/\/dheera.net\/photos\/journeys\/timetravelchina#0\"><span>DHEERA VENKATRAMAN\/DHEERA.NET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE4LzNkL2ltZ18wMDAwLjczMDg2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg\/7479b338\/154\/img_0000.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  <a href=\"http:\/\/DHEERA.NET\"><span>DHEERA VENKATRAMAN\/DHEERA.NET<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/18\/china-photography\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/china\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/photography\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Photography<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/watercooler\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Watercooler<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/Za7p32ECxWk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, China look how well you&#8217;ve aged. You don&#8217;t look a day over 600,000. MIT alum and photography enthusiast\u00a0Dheera Venkatraman\u00a0gave some old photos of Chinese landmarks an updated look by recreating the shots with the same lens, from the same &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/growth-and-progress-in-china-documented-with-eye-opening-photo-series\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[777,954,735],"class_list":["post-2870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-china","tag-photography","tag-watercooler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}