Dmitri Kessel

Dmitri Kessel is a photographer for Life Magazine in the US. In 1946, as the then National Government planned to cooperatively develop the Three Gorges with the US, Life Magazine invested a lot of money to make these precious photos of the Three Gorges. Curiously, these photos were not published in 1946; it was not until June 1956 that they appeared on the pages of Life Magazine.

Even in black and white the magnificence of the Three Gorges is evident.

Kuimen in 1946

Now, the big characters reading "Kuimen Tianxiaxiong (a world wonder)" have been submerged.