The Disappearing Train Stations is a photographic project that explores the intersection of tradition and modernity through the lens of urban transformation. This body of work delves into the profound impacts of rapid economic development on both physical spaces and the lives of marginalized communities. The project is divided into four interconnected series, each focusing on a different aspect of this transformation: the fading presence of an old train station, the laborers who work in its shadow, the stark contrast between outdated and contemporary urban landscapes, and the pervasive influence of technology on our lives. Together, these images offer a poignant reflection on the costs of modernization, highlighting the tension between progress and the loss of cultural and human diversity. Through this exploration, the project invites viewers to reconsider the narratives of progress and the unseen lives that are shaped by it.

Taking the train station as the mainline, I started the photoshoot. It was the atmosphere of reminiscence, sorrow and desolation touched me at the beginning. It was even more regrettable when I found that it would be closed soon. The station witnessed stories of generations, gathering and separation, baptism wars and shifts of age, and it will disappear very soon. Is the disappearance good or not? I started to look for answers with such question.

The alternation of day and night, the transition of the old and the new, the capture of dynamic image and static display, the shift of subject from the lonely train whistle to the lively crowd nearby… All these seem like to tell one and another old story, but they are not completely narrative like documentary that contains clear and detailed story line. Instead, they are more like a prose or a poem. 

The ancients said: "Favorable timing, geography and people."  The location plays the crucial role in the development of events. That is how to consider my photographic practice at the beginning. I explore the train station where the time, the space, characters and the surrounding activities are vanishing. I am capturing the return and part, the joy of meeting, the sad of leaving, the baptism of war, the recover of the economy, the development of modern cities; its fate, which becomes a piece of history in people’s memory, sometimes lively, sometimes silently.