These photographs are taken from Yangtze: The Long River, by Nadav Kander, published by Hatje Cantz at £55. To order a copy for £51.99, with free UK p&p, go to guardian.co.uk/bookshop. An exhibition of work from the series, for which Kander won the Prix Pictet 2009, will be at the Flowers Gallery, London E2, from 15 October-13 November 2010 Photograph: Nadav Kander