中国式*爱情

剧情简介

　　J#_ust over 40 years ago, marria(ge in  `^Chi-na was ?.ar[^%ran/ged b ]y t@_he st,]#*at([\e. Romantic lov,\%e was seen /@ as@@ a( ca_pit[`]_alist ]concept an*(d was no;t^ a_!llow-ed during $thi[-\s period. Wed/!ding- ph otography
=(if any? at al. %l!) consisted o@*:
f one; blac;k and w#h.it`e pas ,,$spor/!+t ph])oto ?of th/\-e coup .le (dressed in Mao- st(yle (.`outfi`ts) as proof of the m_arriage. Now$, Chi;:_$na has*? `fallen $i%n love with love and its. ex p ]:lodi #n;g we:ddi=\@ng industry )i%/ s worth 80 billi@on d\)!/!ollars, and):`; it is on an upward c%%#ur ve./ Pre-wed)d/ing ,^*photo*\graphy i`s one of the most signi)-ficant an!=d curious p?- !arts of the i*%]ndu#(/stry_. Every couple.^ @marrying_]) in Chi[%na will take par@t in`) a pre-=weddin/!%g s ]/^h?oot. It inv(olves=? several !./?c:]ostum,-e an: )d ba+ckdro$p changes whe?]re= 
-you+( can+.
 become: a chara]=cter in any fanta,sy y*=ou choose.  For the: `* mo+st e[# xotic ) =+lo- cations couples pa^;y*. u\p to $250 ,000 AUD. P//re-wed,-,ding^ photo shoots hav ]e become
a(n important national  ritual. They,- are proof o% f the marriage,); but n#ow also of :^:#lo:v^e,+( romance, (%freedom, status, m%]*oney and the:(  n\ew China Dream. As an ex[?._p+at living in Shang;hai wi/*th a long history o%f coming to Ch\
in$)a, Sinophil e pho^tographer O
liv%$ia\ Mar- tin-Mc(Gu/ ire was cap  .tivated by the const,ruction of dreams thro\/ugh %this boo

%ming!\\# phot/\o_graphi(c world. Once she starte! !d /)t\
o delve de,,`eper into thi. s (/,new tradit\i*onal she found( !+a uniq%u_e wi[ndow into China. One [ tha$t re]_veal^#e d a c+@o @=un)[try (.dreamin (g, a coun$t;ry rapidly=+ `%b:*ooming and a country reco`` nstr
uc.(ting-` its rec.=.ent past tr=+?auma all through their own*; lens. Chin*`a Love takes us o[n;? a wi ld j\o(@
%urney int$o/ the warmth of the family?- web in []China[ into t_[ h.e h? `earts o `*,f; our charac_. ters and into their pe:,rsonal* dr *]eam-
s w:]=it[$*h an under:)standing  of why and where these aspirations c_om+e from. The pro(ject :explores China$@&#:*`39s new pos ^-!ition \^/a(s a glo_!balised coun#[tr^(y from  .its restrictiv, e an-#d highly traditional past - through *
the window of/#  its boom_$][i[_+n%=g weddi n^ g industry an).d asks what is th% e 
new
; C()hi-![)na Dream w.hen i*?t [ %^?/come;s
 to  lov%e.