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Kirsty Mitchell's Wonderland series has been three years in the making All costumes, wigs and sets were constructed on a shoestring budget Some images took up to five months to create She would often wait an entire year to find the perfect natural setting for her shots By Stephanie Hirschmiller
Wonderland by Kirsty Mitchell: heart-breakingly beautiful photographic series in memory of an extraordinary life | Mail Online
In Chenzhuang Village, China, about 20 miles northwest of central Beijing, the ruins of a partially built amusement park called Wonderland sit near a highway, surrounded by houses and fields of corn. Construction work at the park, which developers had promised would be "the largest amusement park in Asia," stopped around 1998 after disagreements with the local government and farmers over property prices.

