Richard John Seymour: Yiwu Commodity City

Photograph Description
Yiwu is a city in the Zhejiang province of China, South of Shanghai. It hosts China Commodities City, famous for being the largest small commodity wholesale market in the world.

Thousands of stalls like this exhibit multiple and slight variations on a particular item. Each individual seller occupies a space consumed by the very items that make them their living.

Photographer's Profile
Richard John Seymour (b 1989) is a British photographer, filmmaker and designer. His work can be characterised as an attempt to reveal political, social, and environmental issues made manifest through the built environment.

After studying a Bachelors in Architecture at the University of Bath and KTH in Stockholm, he continued his academic pursuit at the Architectural Association in London.