The road ahead

A small car follows a pale road across open, treeless land in a black-and-white aerial photograph.

A small car follows a pale road across open, treeless land in a black-and-white aerial photograph.
Photography by Lu Heng

The pale road is easy to follow before the small car comes into view. Around it, rough ground fills almost the whole frame. The difference in scale lets a single moving vehicle hold its place in a wide landscape.

In the exhibition

Work 6 of 365

Before We Explain the World

This photograph has a place in the continuous exhibition, alongside the other moments Lu Heng has chosen to show together.

Leaving the KnownOn the Road

See this photograph in the exhibition