Chinese Father Documents Life With Son Every Year of His Life for 3 Decades

1987

Tian Jun was an artist who had the idea to take a photo on his son’s birthday every year in the same spot. According to his son, Li, the photos were taken in front of a wall outside of the apartment that he grew up in. Their family has resided there for 20 years.

When Li was two years old, a massive wildfire called Black Dragon Fire swept across China and the Soviet Union. IT was one of the largest wildfires ever recorded, and it destroyed 18 million acres of forest including a sixth of China’s timber reserves. It also had a devastating human cost: over 200 people died in the fire, and hundreds more suffered injuries.