Lu Nan Zhang Shuhua (r), age 38, has been hospitalized for over two months. Because there is no one to turn her over and wash her, she has grown fist-sized bedsores. Ten days after this picture was taken, (...)
she died in the hospital. Mental Hospital Tianjin. Tianjin, China. 1989. © Lu Nan | Magnum Photos
Lu-Nan The girl is 11 years old. Due to a lack of children’s wards, China’s most juvenile sufferers have to be kept together with adult patients. Rather than taking care of such children, the adult patien (...)
ts may even beat them. Mental Hospital Beijing. Beijing, China. 1989. © Lu-Nan | Magnum Photos
Lu-Nan Han Ying Fang, 71 years old, is a fifth-generation Catholic in her family. During the Cultural Revolution, the Red Army raided Catholic homes, confiscating Bibles and other religious references. If (...)
the order was not obeyed during a given period, Catholics were severely punished at town meetings. At the time, when Hang Ying Fang's husband was still alive, he took the risk of hiding this crucifixion in the ceiling. It has survived until this day. Shaanxi Province, China. 1992. © Lu-Nan | Magnum Photos