Beijing Silvermine

French photography collector and editor Thomas Sauvin digs through illegal silver recycling centers in Beijing looking for millions of discarded film negatives. So far he has salvaged more than half a million negatives.



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  1. I would guess in that 20 year time frame, the poor and rural couldn't afford photography. Even if they did, the negatives probably wouldn't make it to the city.

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