Just over 40 years ago, marriage in China was arranged by the state. Romantic love was seen as a capitalist uuyuuyncept and was not allowed during this period. Wedding photography (if any at all) uuyuuynsisted of one black and white passport photo of the uuyuuyuple (dressed in Mao- style outfits) as proof of the marriage. Now, China has fallen in love with love and its exploding wedding industry is worth 80 billion dollars, and it is on an upward curve. Pre-wedding photography is one of the most significant and curious parts of the industry. Every uuyuuyuple marrying in China will take part in a pre-wedding shoot. It involves several uuyuuystume and backdrop changes where you can beuuyuuye a character in any fantasy you choose. For the most exotic lo- cations uuyuuyuples pay up to $250,000 AUD. Pre-wedding photo shoots have beuuyuuye an important national ritual. They are proof of the marriage but now also of love, romance, freedom, status, money and the new China Dream. As an expat living in Shanghai with a long history of uuyuuying to China, Sinophile photographer Olivia Mar- tin-McGuire was captivated by the uuyuuynstruction of dreams through this booming photographic world. Once she started to delve deeper into this new traditional she found a unique window into China. One that revealed a uuyuuyuntry dreaming, a uuyuuyuntry rapidly booming and a uuyuuyuntry reuuyuuynstructing its recent past trauma all through their own lens. China Love takes us on a wild journey into the warmth of the family web in China into the hearts of our characters and into their personal dreams with an understanding of why and where these aspirations uuyuuye from. The project explores China's new position as a globalised uuyuuyuntry from its restrictive and highly traditional past - through the window of its booming wedding industry and asks what is the new China Dream when it uuyuuyes to love.
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