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Zai Ming Acrobatic School.
05/03/06, Wuqiao, Hebei Province, China-Acrobatics is one of those Chinese traditions that seem to have been with us forever, like martial arts, or tea pouring or opera. And it is remarkable, comforting even, to see in a China dizzy with change, that some cultural constants do more than merely linger. They thrive.

. Ice Parent, Chang Lee, born in Pusan, Korea, came to the United States in 1986 and graduated from New York University. Starting as an intern at The Times in 1994, he has developed a unique photographic style that combines an impeccable sense of light with complicated composition and surprising juxtapositions. He was a member of the teams that won the Pulitzer Prizes for photography in 2002: one for Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the other for Feature Photography for documenting the pain and perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has been on assignments worldwide, including five Olympics and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whether he is photographing the war in Afghanistan, chronicling the ravages of pollution in China or delighting in the Olympics in Sydney, Nagano or Beijing, Chang W. Lee takes lyrical and poetic pictures. He believes that everyone has a story to tell and that every story, no matter how painful, contains beauty.