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...Tokyo-based Swiss photographer Andreas Seibert set out to document the lives of some of the 130 million Chinese migrant workers who, through their toil, help make China the economic powerhouse it is today. Over the next six years, Seibert traveled to a dozen Chinese provinces and captured images of construction workers, waitresses and scavengers, among others, many of whom he says live a precarious existence due to hazardous working conditions or shady employers. Seibert's strength is in his long-form documentary storytelling, such as when he follows a Mr. Zhou, a solar-panel-factory worker...
...selection of images from Seibert's 2008 book From Somewhere to Nowhere: China's Internal Migrants, will be showcased for two months beginning Nov. 12 at Zurich's Helmhaus Museum. During the course of his project, Seibert found that while his subjects earn vastly higher salaries in the cities than they do in the countryside, their material gains cannot adequately compensate for the enormous sacrifices they make. "They watch TV and see pictures of worlds they will never be part of," he says. "That can create unrest." Such is the dark side of China's boom...
...Winfried Seibert, von Pierer's lawyer, said his client "takes note of the supervisory board's decision with shock and regret and will defend himself" against the allegations. Kleinfeld, who became CEO of U.S. metals group Alcoa Inc. in October 2007, issued a statement suggesting that the whole affair will blow over. "I have great faith in the German judicial system, and that is why I am not concerned about this development," he said in a statement released by Pittsburgh-based Alcoa...
...somewhen" ("contemporary multi-disciplinary work that deals with the hybridization of times, forms and systems," including work by Stephen Hendee, Calvin Seibert and Jovi Schnell), "Makato Saito: The Art of Poster Reception" (recent commercial work by a Japanese graphic designer...
...park's west gate the engine exhaust is so thick that rangers have coated the toll booths with Plexiglas and installed a fresh-air pumping system. "The fumes are horrible," says ranger Seibert. "You shouldn't have to wear earplugs when you come to the park." As the number of snowmobilers and the attendant problems mount, Yellowstone's management is looking at its options, ranging from setting exhaust limits to imposing a snowmobile ban, moves that would bring howls of protest almost as loud as the machines themselves. Sighs park information officer Marsha Karle: "We're trying to control...