Beijing Silvermine is an archive of over a million negatives salvaged over the last 14 years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing. Assembled by the French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin, Beijing Silvermine offers a unique photographic portrait of the Chinese capital and the life of its inhabitants in the decade following the Cultural Revolution.
北京银矿是由过去十四年间1 000 000张拯救于北京郊区一回收站的底片组成的档案库，由法国收藏家和艺术家苏文（Thomas Sauvin）集成，展示了文化大革命后中国首都和居民生活的独特影像记录。
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Beijing Silvermine is a unique photographic portrait of the capital and the life of its inhabitants following the Cultural Revolution. It covers a period of 20 years, from 1985, namely when silver film started being used massively in China, to 2005, when digital photography started taking over. These 20 years are those of China's economic opening, when people started prospering, travelling, consuming, having fun.