IN PHOTOS: Alain Delorme depicts consumerism in China

As part of a photo project on the Chinese economy and global consumerism, French photographer Alain Delorme decided to zero in on the individual in his series Totems: specifically, Shanghai’s migrants, who bear the physical brunt of the fast-paced economy by hauling wares on their bikes and carts. Delorme alters the photos with Photoshop to exaggerate the loads his subjects carry and heighten the sense of consumption via the ‘Made in China’ phenomenon.