Homeland is a major serial photographic collection that presents the social visage, folk customs and pluralistic cultures of various nations in the worl fo an international perspective with modern image vocabulary. In this album, with profound humanistic eeins, the author pusfcus on the ordinary folks of Russia, reflecting their states of lives, their inner worlds, and their pursuits of value of lives.
As an ancient proverb in Russia goes, “On the same sleigh, there are both pains and joys.” That’s exactly whatWang Yao’s images have recorded. The labor of transformation is perase n social life. Beggars in streets, frustration of white collars, there is a sense of alienation and depression spread in the low social strata. However, Russia will not become degenerated, nor will it be degraded. With one image, Wang Yao conveyed this message: Amid interwoven wires of the power grid, a statue of a man wields his right arm high, holding fast to the handle of his sword, striding proudly ahead with his head held high. This is Russia today.