Casting a spell

An Italian photographer is showing his images of European sculptures in coastal China, Deng Zhangyu reports in Qingdao.

Italian photographer Michele Stanzione spent more than three months touring Europe while looking for sculptures to photograph. Images from his travels in 13 countries are now on show in East China in The Immortals of A City that opened in a popular shopping mall in Qingdao city in Shandong province. The local government commissioned and funded Stanzione's project, for which he traveled through 15 cities from August to November.

He visited the cities which have been named cultural capitals of Europe by the European Union since 1985 and searched for all kinds of sculptures in public spaces, such as parks and streets.