This simple image tells us what Shanghai once was and what it has become. The graceful little clock tower once soared over the grandstand and clubhouse of Shanghai's famous Race Course in the 1930s -- a symbol of Shanghai Society. The race-course was turned into People's Park in the 50s. Its historic clock tower became the city's library and currently houses an art museum. Behind it looms one of Shanghai's new skyscrapers, looking very much like a giant rocket ship blasting its way right out of my picture. I cropped the upper half of the skyscraper out of my frame because I wanted the building to be less literal and more symbolic. By chopping the building in half, I’ve abstracted it, and made it seem as if it has no limits. Which is very much the story of today’s Shanghai – it is one of the world’s fastest growing cities.