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Kodak Deletes Post by Photographer Who Called Xinjiang an ‘Orwellian Dystopia’
The American company Eastman Kodak has deleted an Instagram post featuring images of Xinjiang, a western Chinese region where the government is accused of grave human rights violations, after an online backlash from Beijing’s supporters.
The post was promoting the work of the French photographer Patrick Wack, who made several trips to Xinjiang in recent years and has collected his images into a book. The project received a lift last week when Kodak shared 10 of his images — all shot on Kodak film — with its 839,000 Instagram followers.
Source: NY Times #Jul21
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/world/asia/kodak-instagram-china.html
#Kodak #Photographer #Xinjiang #Beijing
The American company Eastman Kodak has deleted an Instagram post featuring images of Xinjiang, a western Chinese region where the government is accused of grave human rights violations, after an online backlash from Beijing’s supporters.
The post was promoting the work of the French photographer Patrick Wack, who made several trips to Xinjiang in recent years and has collected his images into a book. The project received a lift last week when Kodak shared 10 of his images — all shot on Kodak film — with its 839,000 Instagram followers.
Source: NY Times #Jul21
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/world/asia/kodak-instagram-china.html
#Kodak #Photographer #Xinjiang #Beijing