15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
The Fall of Capitalism

I photographed Beijing, China at sunset from behind glass in my hotel room. The capacity to acquire luxury goods like cars has been sudden, historically speaking, and the air pollution in Beijing is so bad that you need to photograph such scenes from indoors. The tap water is not drinkable and new buildings go up daily. The photo is about the environmental tipping point brought closer by modernization.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2017
Date Uploaded: 05.2017
Photo Location: Beijing, China
Camera: iPhone 6s Plus
Copyright: © Lisa Catterall