Ordos, China: A Modern Ghost Town Meant as home for one million people, the Kangbashi district remains nearly empty five years after construction began
Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown for TIME



Empty
Though many of the properties in Kangbashi have been sold and a million people were projected to be living in Kangbashi by 2010, the city is still empty.


Wealth and Knowledge
A pair of workers tidy up outside the public library. The city boasts the second highest per-capita income, behind to Shanghai but ahead of Beijing.


Treasure Palace
Workers carry pieces of foam up the stairs of the Ordos Museum, which is still under construction.


No Sale
A pedestrian walks past a mostly unoccupied commercial area. Almost no businesses have moved into the new district.


Eerie Quiet
Empty streets remain empty even during the morning commute.


In Medias Res
An old man pushes a cart across a road segregating finished apartments and apartments still under construction.


Unfinished
Workers construct a plaza for un-present residents of an apartment complex.


From a Distance
Kangbashi awaits residents to bring the district, meant for a population the size of San Diego, California, to life.


Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown for TIME
[Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010]
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Michael Christopher Brown
    美国纽约摄影师Michael Christopher Brown，拍摄范围主要以美国以及亚洲地区。作品曾发布于Monocle、Fortune、ESPN杂志、国家地理杂志、Time、经济学家等出版 物。。他所拍摄的是纪实风格的作品，但是明亮的色彩让人联想起绘画。
《美国摄影》杂志评选2007年全美15位最佳年轻摄影师之一。