january 20, 2006 [...] So, Gridskippertells us about this photographer named Ellen Jong. Like all of us, she urinates every day. Unlike most of us, she gets photographed doing it … all over the world. The fruits of her labor are now available in a hardcover coffee table book entitled Pees on Earth: A Pissin’ Mission. The book comes out in May — you can pre-order it from Amazon. Why are we telling you this? Is Shanghaiist consumed by bizarre Bitter Moon-esque fetishes? Not as far as you know. It’s just that at least one of Jong’s photos was taken in Shanghai, a city where every person with a camera has at least one photo of a person pissing in public. We used to shake our heads at this practice … but now we know it’s art! [...]

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