Markel Redondo is a freelance photographer based in Bilbao, Spain. After spending two years freelancing in China he is now based in Bilbao. Recent clients include Le Monde, Le Figaro Magazine, New York Times, Monocle, Greenpeace, Bloomberg, Internatzionale, The Sunday Telegraph, Journal Du Dimanche, Challenges Magazine, Marianne, La Croix, Liberation, Frommers Travel Guide Books, UNESCO and The British Council. He has taken part on the Asia-Europe Emerging Photography Forum, Kuala Lumpur, May 2009 (ongoing project), he was finalist at Photo España 2007 “Descubrimientos”, nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass in 2009 and 2007 and took part in the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2007. He completed a BA and MA in Photojournalism from the University of Bolton and Dalian Image Art college (China).
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China: Changing Landscape
By Markel Redondo
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 11 January 2010
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In the cities of Chongqing, Yichang and Wuham where the Yangtze River flows, people are caught in the middle of major transformations. These changes to their environment have left many displaced and disturbed. With the construction of The Three Gorges Dam, entire towns and cities have disappeared and new towns are emerging with no clear [...]