The one who protect us

In 1992 Chinese photographer Lu Nan moved into Chinese Shaanxi province to portray some villages where most of the inhabitants share a strange and exotic belief by Chinese standards: Catholicism. His work was compiled in a book: "On the road, a portrait of Catholicism in China."

Marcos Mijan fascinated by the atmosphere captured in Lu Nan´s pictures decides to follow in his footsteps to better understand the beliefs of these people and their way of living.

At a time when Chinese society is plunged into a new market economy, many urbanites are seeking new forms of spirituality, often in rural areas where society is changing much more slowly. The one who protects us is a portrait of Catholicism in China from the perspective of two artists that regard this faith as unaware of its roots but searching for its meaning.