Coastline, zz's memory

Coastline No 14 by Zhang xiao

Coastline No 2 by Zhang Xiao

Have found some picture from photographer Zhao Xiao, the latest HSBC price winner, zz thinks about her childhood in the coastline.
The image Coastline No.14 reminds it somewhere in Shenzhen, once an economic symbol in China. ZZ used to take a walk with its family in one place near the coast. There was a big boat, on the water. Don't know from when, the boat got more and more close to the coastline, and finally, not on the water anymore. In zz's memory, one afternoon, it went to catch little crabs near the water then went on the boat, which was a little museum. zz might be wrong, since it was long time ago. But now, the boat is a fancy hub of restaurant and go-out spot.
The world is changing, we seems can change all. Standing on the shoulder of giant, we can fly, we can remove the mountain to create more land, we can put the boat on the ocean, and certainly, we can move the boat from the sea to the end... But the image in the memory is hard to be erased; even it is so pale, powerless.
Another image Coastline No.2, zz should love those colorful floating buoy, mixed with cheerful faces, where else can we see this image?! zz has been there, where captured its a happy childhood. We enjoy the sea, naively, don't need to think about if it is crowded or if there is someone flying over our head. However, zz just can't hold a simple joyful mind when looking at this photo. zz might be brain washed these years by a quite European city. Or because people in this image turn their back to it, in the immense, among the crowded, they look so tiny and so lonely.
They are the reality, they discover a reality, or it is creating something?