Patrick Wack - Shanghai Art and documentary Photographer - Shanghai based freelance photographer - Personal series, Art and Editorial photography

Patrick Wack - Photographer
Shanghai, China

The African Community of Canton / Canton, China 3-2007 / Photos & Text / Text by Joris Zylberman

Labor Right Lawyers in China / Shanghai, 2/2007 / Photos & Text / Text by Joris Zylberman

Chinese New Year Street Guerilla / Shanghai (PRC) 1/2007 / Photos only

Clubs & Parties

"INSIDE THE FLASH" La Courneuve (France), 1/2007 FOR SALE / Photos only

The Flash has been one if not THE prominent American football team in France for the past 10 years. Based in La Courneuve, in the outskirts of Paris, which is well known as a "difficult environment", the Flash has been more than a team to most of its members. It has become a family, a school, a competition, a culture that vehiculates values and ideals of brotherhood, commitment and self-achievement. The Flash has been undefeated in France for the past 2 seasons and reached the final of the European Championship last year.

"THE ART OF KUNQU" China / 12-2006 FOR SALE / Photos only

"HOMOSEXUALITY & AIDS IN CHINA" / 2006 FOR SALE / Photos & Text / Text by Joris Zylberman (8500 signs) / Translation by Patrick Wack

Homosexualite et Sida. Voila deux sujets de moins en moins tabou en Chine. Ces dernieres annees, le gouvernement a pris conscience de la necessite dÕinformer les homos chinois pour endiguer la propagation du virus dans le pays. Selon les estimations, la Chine compterait 30 millions de gays. Dont 2 a 5 % seraient seropositifs sur pres dÕun million de malades a lÕheure actuelle. Le gouvernement chinois tolere desormais lÕexistence dÕassociations dÕhomosexuels independantes dans les grandes villes. LÕune dÕelle, la fondation Zhiheng, creee par un ancien banquier de Hong Kong, mene des actions de prevention contre le Sida au sein de la communaute gay de Shanghai. Des actions qui vont de l'intervention dans les bars gays de la ville a des seminaires hebdomadaires sur l'homosexualite a l'Universite Fudan, les premiers du genre en Chine populaire.

Homosexuality and AIDS. These two issues have become less and less taboo in China. Over the last few years, the government has finally become aware of the need to inform Chinese gays in order to contain the virus spreading in the country. According to estimates, there would be around 30 million gays in China. Between 2 and 5% of them would be seropositive when China would currently count around 1 million infected people. The Chinese government nowadays tolerates the existence of independent homosexual associations in major cities. One of them, the Zhiheng foundation, created by a former Hong-Kongese banker, carries out AIDS prevention actions inside the shanganese gay community. These actions range from interventions in the city's gay bars to weekly seminars at the Fudan university, the first ones of this kind in China.

Taiwanese Trade Unions / 11-2006 Taipei (Taiwan) FOR SALE / Photos & Text / Text by Joris Zylberman

"Taiwan : les syndicats font profil bas"
Pire quÕen France. Avec a peine 6 %, la jeune democratie taiwanaise a le troisieme plus faible taux de syndicalisation au monde. Interdits en Republique populaire, les syndicats libres sont dans lÕ Ç autre Chine È otages de la loi. Organisations heterogenes, droit de greve etrique, subordination au bon vouloir des patronsÉ Ajoutez l'interdiction de sÕorganiser dans les entreprises de moins de 30 salaries pour un pays ou les PME dominent. Difficile d'animer la vie syndicale dans ces conditions.

Taiwanese Businessmen in China 11/2006 Taipei (Taiwan) & Shanghai (PRC) Photos & Text / FOR SALE Text by Joris Zylberman

"Les hommes d'affaires taiwanais en Chine assis entre deux rives"
Deux mots d'ordre : efficacitŽ et discrŽtion. Qu'ils travaillent dans le consulting ou dans les mŽdias, les hommes d'affaires taiwanais connaissent les impŽratifs pour travailler en Chine. Ils sont un million ˆ vivre sur le Continent, soit le premier groupe dÕinvestisseurs Žtrangers. Enjeu crucial des relations entre les deux rives, les Ç Taishang È font de la politique malgrŽ eux. Souvent heureux en affaires, ils risquent aussi de tout perdre du jour au lendemain. Reportage ˆ Shanghai et Taipei.