article_snippet: Still images are fragments, sections and points that connect the history," Wang says.
article_snippet: photos were published in the early 1980s.
article_snippet: The clash between tradition and modernity is stark in the lead picture of the exhibit — an elderly farmer looks on as a groom carries an elderly farmer bride through the field and "the couple's Western wedding garb contrasting with this longstanding custom," she says.
article_snippet: Wang finds Wang nostalgic for the 1980s, when ideas emerged and collided after the Cultural Revolution ended.
article_snippet: It's great if they can be published; if not, they'll eventually be part of the history.