“Once I was beautiful”
A sentence in pale blue lies close to the camera, with a sunlit park beyond it. Photography by Lu Heng.
The words “Once I was beautiful” occupy the rough surface nearest the camera. Beyond them, a broad tree holds the left side of the picture, and an empty swing hangs on the right.
The sentence speaks in the past tense. The leaves, grass and houses behind it remain brightly visible. Reading the words and then looking past them changes where the attention rests.
In the exhibition Work 348 of 363
Life Itself
Small Things Kept
Before We Explain the World
See this photograph in the exhibition