And then they were gone
I’ve lost them. I was away for 3 weeks and returned to a shell that left nary a sign of its past existence. Only 3 weeks ago, I…
Disappearing, Gone
Office space
They all called me 小姑娘 or “Young miss”. This group of workers is by far the most cheerful lot since I started visiting construction sites and photographing workers…
Bringing down the roof
You see them almost immediately as you emerge from the Dalian Road Metro (大连路地铁站) station along Changyang Road (长阳路), a jarring picture against the late afternoon sun. Two…
Her home. A long history.
She left most affairs to her son whom she lived with. She slept on the first floor which was neat and well kept while he slept in the…
White picket fences
He was sitting on his makeshift porch, mending his bicycle when I approached him. He stood up warily and it was then I realized that he only came…
What next?
“We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If…
The remaining days
He laughed when I asked how long he and his wife were living in this house. “She’s not my wife. She’s my mother-in-law.” It was only after a…
大展鸿图: Achieving excellence
The room was neat with its distinctly light turquoise-colored walls and dark wooden furniture. It took a while to decipher the characters on the poster but it means…
If walls could talk
It was unusually quiet in this particular longtang*. For one, the cold snap has more or less driven everyone indoors to huddle around heaters, that is, if they…